Just when I start to realize that I have spared my senses from the attack of WMDs ( weapons of mind destruction) going around as news channels. I come across a forward that has what you see. Yes that’s stuff from a channel that calls itself the best and the other that’s I guess just trying to be the best. Great stuff must say absolutely brilliant. If you cant beat them join them. Yes we are country that has banished the curse of abject poverty, where caste lines, that still hold masses to ransom and make a mockery of our supposed freedom, have vanished, the demons of communalism and terrorism slayed, where farmers are a merry lot, the economic disparity, endangering the fabric of our society and our nation, is non-existent. Where the old know their lives are safe and pensions secure, the working assured of just rewards and better results and the young are aware and their lives a manifestation of the virtues tolerance and fairplay that make pluralistic and vibrant democracies viable. Our urban lives are not an unruly demonstration of our newly found wealth and those on the margins are now mainstream.
Since we have achieved the aforesaid the fourth estate has no work. We no more need to be told how the ones we have elected infringe on our rights every day. The executive is accountable and considers governments work as gods work*. If there is no need to present facts why worry about the analysis. Shaping public opinion. What’s that??? Did you say these guys are the guardians of our democracy. Yes that’s why we get to know more about celebrity shenanigans than our annual budget. While the innocent die in one bomb blast after the other and government sleeps over the formation of a federal counter terrorism agency, we get to know about Rakhi Sawant's antics. As billions go down the drain on supposedly social welfare programs we are witness to figures of you know what kind. Its a race to the bottom and the bottom is still not visible. Cater to the market as we compete with entertainment channels. A motto like that makes sure that the journey from information to infotainment has culminated at the frontier of crass entertainment. Take it down further for the pyramid is widest at the base. Why commissioners’ dog lets cover nashili gilhari, i.e. a drunken squirrel. I swear I once saw a news channel cover that. Lets blow things way out of the proportion. Our cricket team does not play a sport its a driver of our TRPs. Lets get something on them everyday and when the amount of cricket does not help theres always a feature that we can sell to their sponsors. Its not over yet its only going to get worse in the near future. But things will get better. How and when....watch this space for more
* From Vidhan Soudha building in of all places..Bangalore.
