Media Massacre - (News-ance)

The PM of India is undergoing a bypass heart surgery. & well how did i find out? well of course through the media, but now of late I've found out that it takes 8 hours for a second time bypass surgery. The doctors and their credits fly across various newspapers. The cost of the surgery, the people who will be assisting in the operation, who will be supplying the PM with food after the surgery, & the biggest question yet, what exactly is a bypass surgery, how does it take place, what are the medical conditions that need a bypass surgery??

All of these questions have been headlines for the past few days after the official announcement of the PM being admitted to the AIIMS for a surgery. He underwent this surgery for the first time in the 1990's & that time there was no one to cover it or even bother to place it below as news streak. But, now its all being flagged across with every single channel having their own headline and own catch phrase attached to this simple & humble PM of ours.

I understand he is brilliant, smart, polite, & yea boring in his speeches or lectures but the very thought of news is just ruined.

News was meant to inform people about what is happening but as of now its all just a competition of ratings, awards, domination & profit. At times I feel pathetic & shocked to even see Hindi News Channels just screwing around & messing with peoples thoughts. They have stupid, utterly stupid shows dedicated to just one you tube video shown for more than 30 mins although the video is barely 2 mins long. They extend it like no other, finding unsound conclusions and stretching it to a maximum of 25-30 mins just to get more viewers and make them believe that we are the best you can ever get.

Indian news & journalism seriously needs some overhauling very urgently. Well I do respect the rights of freedom of press & expression but that does not mean you keep bullshittin people especially when there are more serious things to cover and better reporting to be done.

Instead of educating the 70% of rural India, these guys(news-ance channels)just screw up big time by reporting robberies, thefts, & if there is something better which is according to them PM under the knife, well its a jackpot, they will continue pouring worthless stories & increasing a small 2 mins information into a big 48 hour story that is never ending.

Media was the best source of information & still is but in my opinion, India needs reporting on highly knowledgeable & rich information rather trivial matters which get covered in desi newspapers in local towns in and around India. Spread news that we can use not what we can just watch & say "oh, its not gonna happen to me!".

I must frankly confess that i once literally enjoyed watching NDTV24X7 but now its lost all the shine as it happens to portray itself for a more glamourous audience with refined taste and continues reporting on mindless matters all in the name of we want to be number one, we will & continue to be number one. In this matter i say, journalism is gone for a toss. Money, greed, profit, revenue, ratings, competition always control but if you can choose to avoid them and do your job in the best way possible, you as an individual, as a team, an a news organisation have won in the truest sense.

There is no pleasure in cooking up stories which can be babbled by a toddler but greater satisfaction in working on everyone of them and experiencing each of them.

These are a few of the English Dailies & Magazines I respect and often read, Indian Express & The Financial Express, The Times of India especially The Economic Times, & Tehelka.

Indian media has lots of potential and I guess we all know that with the former CM & his Deputy being charged with poor response in relation with the Mumbai Attacks, the Jessica Lall case, & many more can fill this posts. But, we need to broaden our view and continue uncovering the truth which may or may not be oblivious to the GOI but this is the true sense of Journalism as a whole.

The best way to put it would be News Channels need filters that segregate the shitty news from the clean source without interrupting the flow of the pipeline.

India has come a long way since 1947, achieved 60+ years of Indepedence & still slogs each day to tell the truth.

I pray this improves provided we demand for the truth and nothing but the truth without unwanted bullshit !!