A Bit of "NEWS"

Hi!

This post comes after a long time but better late than never. Well this post is a short one. Just thought of blogging on the NEWS channels operating in India.

To start with I hardly find any channel worth watching for NEWS. I believe rather than getting the right news to the public they play the role of misguiding people or helping the guilty get away by their way of reporting. They will claim to be the only channel to broadcast the news or be the first one to report it. They will also focus on non important news like celebrity wedding throughout the day which I believe is the Shittiest news for the day. They will also show us how wrong, unethical or unlawful activities take place but will never claim to have tried to resolve them. Just today a news channel showed a tiger who lost its way, entered a village, climed a tree on being surrounded by men with sticks etc. All this captured and broadcasted live on national TV. Why could no one help the poor animal by calling some forest authorities or any animal rights activist to take care of the situation instead of running behind the poor animal who was scared out of its wits on seeing so many people. And this happens just days after the government comes out with the latest census numbers on tigers in India which is a dismal 1400 odd.

Its time the government takes notice of such things which can probably make a big difference in the lives of someone (may be an animal or a human) The kind of treatment metted out to the tiger was uncalled for. I understand it was a dangerous situation but the root cause is WE and OUR doings in the past. We need to take responsibility for what we have done in the past and try to maintain a balance in the eco system.

And I hope the channels realise that they have a responsibility towards the society in terms of the quality, conduct and content they broadcast apart from tring to claim to be the FIRST to bring breaking news.


Vibbs
19th Feb 2008
Ratnagiri