Mar 15, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: Khali ki khalbali

I am feeling very lucky indeed. Today was one of those days when i was at home during the day, and with nothing better to do, i went about couch potatoing. and in one of those insane moments, Aaj Tak happened...

Now publicly i have never written against aaj tak or star news or india tv, the top 3 hindi news channels of india. the only reason i never write was because i found them all unworthy of deserving my attention...but i really couldn't help but pause, and take a snap of what was coming as prime time and breaking news....have a look


I am alarmed at the level of journalism being explored by these channels these days. all possible limits of sanity are being experimented with, all in the name of masala for the users. but i guess this had to happen one fine day. u cant really run these channels 24 hours if you do not show crap like this. takes me back a couple of years to new york, when fox news was airing at prime time a live coverage of a cat which had got stuck on a tree. and then they had to call the firemen who finally saved the poor animal that had become the object of fascination for the most "advanced" nation in the world. fuck it, i dont care. if this is what they want, then this is what they get. all i know is that I do not want it, and hence i swear to stay away from this load of hogwash, and contribute in my little way to not let such channels rule the TRPs...

2 comments:

  1. You are absouletly right , these channels dont deserve any attention. All these days there had been no news on china, tibet, or olympics. no news on issues like arunachal pradesh. No news on share market crash. No news on the budget.

    All they had to show is the great khali. I really feel like removing the scan button from my remote so that i dont see these crap channels in between.

    The regulatory authority should intervene and take some measures to improve the standards of journalism in India. Its serious time now. I dont think that there are any news channels other than NDTV 24*7 and CNN IBN which are worth watching.

    Thanks and regards,
    Sameer J Narkar

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  2. You're damn right man... These news channels are nothing but a whole load of crap. I've been watching, no wait, experiencing them for 2-3 weeks, and their prime time news borders on insane trash!

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