"NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS "..
..SOMEONE SAID !!
Breaking News
These two words are
now the most important two words in all channels in the TV all over India ,both
in the local and national channels. Everyday ,every hour ,every minute and
every second something happens ,and the scrolls moving below bring out news
which have most of the time negative and
frustrating content .
The channels feed on
sensational news ,small or big and blow everything out of proportion .The
passive news that scrolls at the bottom migrate into the main screen with
newsreaders mouthing with supposed
objectivity ( this is only a myth in modern journalism).The VIPS’ of scams
,rapists, swindlers, criminals of all sorts appear on the screen with smiles
and it seems that they are mocking at all of us with contempt .
We sit in front of
the TV (called idiot box )and see them waving hands at us ,sometimes with a v
sign !! If it was a great honour to court arrest during the independence
struggle now it seems that every criminal (many of them idols or icons who fall down)who gets exposed take
it as a happy trip to jail.
It is a pity that
people are fed with such news regularly with such importance and the channels
celebrates every such occasion. Once BIG BREAK is flashed ( Now every news is a flash news ) it will be followed by several faces appearing
on the TV and comment upon it one jumping over the other with the moderator
turning his head and strains all his facial muscles to control the participants
in the discussion.
Manohar Parrikar GOA C M said “I don’t watch TV too much I see it only
at night to see if there is some breaking news.” Media now survives and sustains on Sensationalism .Something
bad THINGS get noticed and blowing them
out of all proportion may give a chance of getting more TRP !!.
Channels vie with
each other for scoops .. no problem .. but …can’t there be some restraint …?
Most of the issues are swept under the carpet as dirt and we may never see the
issues again and we may have spent watching it several hours .. But who cares
for the time of the ordinary people.
Kerala is a typical example of a NEWS hungry state and keralites live on news and controversies on every day. There are many channels in this state and many of them are exclusive news channels .The hobby of thousands of malayalees is to watch the same news in different channels and compare them switching form one to the other . There was even a film with this title (Breaking News)in Malayalam
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