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Last
Sunday at 2:00 PM, I switched on the TV to watch
news. It was Star News channel. For the next 20
minutes, the 'shocking news' the channel showed
us was that Udita Goswami performed in a Rakhi
Sawant Night. They had Rakhi Sawant on line to
comment on this 'injustice'. The anchor was
repeating the same questions and the same
answers were being repeated by Rakhi Sawant. In
the left corner of the screen, an 'artistic'
clipping of some old stage show of 'artist'
Rakhi was being repeated as well. If you don't
know who this lady is, you must not be watching
'news' these days.
Next news, you just can't believe it. Let us
remind you that it is exclusively brought to you
by this news channel. In that stage show of
Udita Goswami which was actually Rakhi Sawant's
show, there was a look-alike of Himesh Reshamiya
in the audience! If you don't know who Reshamiya
is, you must not be listening to Hindi film
'music' these days. Don't go away, we have much
more breaking news coming up after this
commercial break, says the anchor. And don't
forget that we have a special show tonight at
8:30 PM - "John ki Jaaneman".
I switched over to an English channel. Looked
like some interesting debate is going on. It was
about live-in relationship. The anchor had a
young boy and a girl in the newsroom. They share
an apartment in Delhi. The anchor asks bluntly,
"So, have you ever had sex with each other?".
What else business do I have than to hear about
their relationship?
But, then there was another commercial break and
I had to switch to another channel.
There are even more interesting news shows in
the night. On crime, described with so much
detail and thrill that you can be made a witness
to the case after the show. On superstitions,
news, just news, without any message. A child
who remembers his previous life. Wow! I don't
remember what I had for lunch yesterday. This
chap must be taking memory pills in his last
incarnation.
After seeing so many news channels running 24/7,
I was still hungry for news. I remembered the
time when we watched the news on DD at 8:30 PM
and had stomach-full of news in just half an
hour. How boring it was, wasn't it?
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Comments: |
Ha Ha Ha... Interesting read...
Nicely written...
You are very much right. These days
new channels (especially Hindi ones)
have turned into masala channels.
But there are a few still worth
watching. I prefer Times now and
CNN/IBN to any other channel. -
Brajesh Sinha - July 5, 2006
Long Live Star News Channel! Last
night they had a special show at
9:30 PM “Sex Scandal ka such”. The
first two words were highlighted in
bold red letters in the
advertisement which was shown all
the day. First time by any news
channel!
Thanks to the millions of people who
watch these shows to improve their
TRP ratings. These news channels
have felt the pulse of the masses.
They know what public demand is. -
Kumod Jha - July 5, 2006
Kumod ji:
Well said. These Indian TV channels
have become the source of soft
pornography. They have discovered
the age-old formula of 'Sex Sells'
and are flooding the air with such
shows and 'analyses' that attempt to
whet the appetite of our
hormone-raging youths of today.
I have often complained about the
'trashy' nature of certain web sites
that also cater to such people.
Times of India, in my opinion, leads
the pack. This site has its
priorities so messed up that it
prefers to put the picture of Paris
Hilton talking about her sexcapades
on its cover page than the picture
of, say, Manmohan Singh. It appears
to have strong love affair with the
Hollywood bimbos and their
counterparts in Mumbai film world. I
can't help but wonder what kind of
persons the editors of these
tabloids (they ARE tabloids and not
newspapers) are! - Anil Kumar -
July 5, 2006
Indian e-media especially TV News
channels are probably in competition
with the tabloids. Watching many
channels including Star TV is a
complete waste of time and
complaining to them is utter
foolishness. Now I just change the
channel to either movie channels or
English channels. I will prefer to
shorten my comments (out of disgust)
about Indian News channels as it is
not worth it. Like many things,
Indians can tolerate all these junks
coming out of News channels without
complaining. - Manoj Kumar - July
6, 2006 |
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