How long can this cacophonous carnival continue?
Almost a decade ago, I authored a piece lamenting the then appalling and precipitously plummeting standards of television news. The purpose was to comprehend the cause behind the embellishment of television news with drama and to grasp its consequences.
My mind harkened back to the days of Doordarshan News when it was customary for families to assemble before their television sets to watch a newsreader with a dreary countenance read the news in almost staccato fashion. It was bitter medicine we were obligated to ingest.
As children, we felt an inexorable revulsion for this ritual. This wasn’t bitter medicine, but poison that was killing us with tedium. We wished we could watch Amitabh Bachchan's blockbusters instead with the action, heroism, and instant justice.
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