Does anyone else feel this or it is only me?? I mean you switch on a news channel and you hope to get news updates. But instead you have news anchors indulging in screaming matches with their guests.. Gone are the days when you had a news reader who would for half an hour read out the news of the day to you. Instead now we have every news channel in India, conducting debates and more debates and still more debates!! I mean seriously, guys.. I just want to know what is happening in the country.. I do not want to know what Mr. A thinks about Mr. B and I definitely do not care about your own views!
I had never imagined that the best news channel would turn out to be good old Doordarshan where you still have the old style news reader doling out the days news.. You switch on to any other channel, be it english or hindi or regional, they are all in a TRP rating war with eachother.. Arnab Goswami of Times Now leads the pack! I mean, he believes that majority of viewers are deaf or definitely hard of hearing and he further believes that he is propagating the thoughts of the 1.2 billion Indians.. Arnab – India wants to know why do you shout so much!! These channels should call themselves infotainment channels and not news channels. There is only drama and masala. They forget that their primary purpose is news which is non existent!
And please news channels – Every item does not fall in the category of Breaking News.. This phrase is reserved for a news that is such that it can have major ramifications.. An actor getting injured, or a naked politician or a self styled crusader writing a letter is not breaking news..
BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera are head and shoulders above the Indian news channels when it comes to the art of news reporting. The Indian news channels need to take some hard lessons from these channels and not resort to 24/7 tabloid and sensationalist journalism!
Irresponsibly Indian 