Matuk Nath, a Hindi Professor in Patna was 'caught' with a girl. His face was blackened, the man was beaten up and humiliated.
This made the lead story on Indian television channels on Friday. It reflected nothing but the voyeuristic face of channels and the sadism of Indian society that gets a kick out of seeing others' plight.
Do the channels have the right to intrude in anybody's private life that of two adults and pronounce judgment on an individual's morality. Don't journalists have extra-marital relations. In fact, some senior journalists are far too promiscuous and it's well known.
I am not supporting the man for his infidelity but this trend is extremely worrying as no where in the world national channels have stooped so low just to boost their TRPs. The media channels have chosen the path of soap opera journalism. Needless to say this will keep the viewers and middle-class occupied, titillate them and let the real issues go to the dustbin.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
It's okay if you name a dog 'Shahrukh' but when you write it prominently in your blog post that 'Shahrukh is sitting down li... -
Ads are catching imagination but can they raise circulation! For years The Hindu remained a respectable newspaper in North with a limited... -
Dainik Bhaskar group that runs the second biggest Hindi newspaper in the country has launched an English daily. After many years, thi... -
On the left is the photograph of Afzal Guru, the man convicted of Parliament attack. You may not have seen this photo at all. If you sea... -
The former editor of Blitz and the doyen of tabloid journalism in India, RK Karanjia, passed away on Friday. He was 95. Karanjia was controv... -
If Mukesh Ambani's RIL has majority stake in 27 TV channels in India, does that worry you about the state of electronic media in t... -
The TRP ratings of Zee News was soaring on Monday as it discovered the cave on an 8,000 ft high hill in Sri Lanka where they claimed that ... -
IT IS surely a classic case that how newspapers took the side of the law-breakers, bowed before 'aastha' of a particulary community,...
-
The alleged sexual harassment of a woman employee in Star News and the attempt to silence her and later coverup the entire issue, has shocke... -
Dainik Bhaskar group's English newspaper DB Post would soon complete one year. But the paper has failed to create any stir in Madhy...
No comments:
Post a Comment