Backstory: If the Media Fails to Read the Farm Struggle Right, Irrelevance Awaits A fortnightly column from The Wire's public editor. Avtar Singh Niamian and his friend Gurpreet Singh read the newspaper. Photo: Pawanjot Kaur Rights16/Jan/2021 The year is barely two weeks old and it has already seen events that have made visible the dangers of the cling film of alternative reality that has come to wrap itself tightly around societies across the world. The Capitol Hill violence in Washington D.C., US served to highlight the hubris of a president convinced that he could upend history with his tweets. In the end, Donald Trump lost not just his âkingdomâ and the key to that kingdom â his Twitter handle â but the prospect of a possible return to power given a second impeachment. The take-down of Trump, as a creature created by mainstream media and social media â letâs not forget his first delusions of grandeur were incubated on the sets of