Monday, October 24, 2005
Theatre Of The News
Interesting what two channel bigwigs have to say about the sensationalisation of news in this Outlook article.
" "Sensationalism is the key word, it's very much out of the closet," says Siddhartha Gupta, director, Channel 7. Sharma [Rajat Sharma, editor-in-chief, India TV] concurs: "The overall news market is getting shriller, smuttier. The perception is that sex and sleaze is the way to be. That's the form all other media are taking too." "
Elsewhere: " "Such news gets mentioned in print too. Why ask this [I assume 'this' refers to responsible reporting] of news channels alone?" says Yogesh Mawani, spokesperson for Star News. "
" "Sensationalism is the key word, it's very much out of the closet," says Siddhartha Gupta, director, Channel 7. Sharma [Rajat Sharma, editor-in-chief, India TV] concurs: "The overall news market is getting shriller, smuttier. The perception is that sex and sleaze is the way to be. That's the form all other media are taking too." "
Elsewhere: " "Such news gets mentioned in print too. Why ask this [I assume 'this' refers to responsible reporting] of news channels alone?" says Yogesh Mawani, spokesperson for Star News. "
# posted by Ashok @ 11:19 PM 
