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Nuisance Channels
Thursday, December 24, 2009
They cross the line again and again, glorify trivial issues, create unnecessary hype, and yet go scot free.
While the ruckus created by the national media during the 26/11 rescue operations is still afresh, I am shocked at the way Telugu news channels are vying with each other to package and broadcast updates on the Telangana agitation over the past one month.
Meaningless debates between pro- and anti-Telangana leaders, clips of provocative speeches of peanut leaders, and ghastly scenes of violence accompanied by background score have been the order of the day for these channels.
The news reporters along with their cameramen seem to be omnipresent, ready to capture every movement. Gasping and panting they run behind protesters, interview them as though their opinion of national importance. They provoke, harass and pose questions with ulterior motives aimed at making the respondent utter something sensational.
Then we have the reporter reciting everything that we saw and heard to the news reader squatting in the studio. The communication that happens between the reporter and the reader is loud and miserable. On the lighter side, these conversations have been spoofed hilariously in many films.
For all such strenuous efforts, should the news channels receive a pat on their back? Of course, they deserve something on their back, but certainly not a pat.
While the ruckus created by the national media during the 26/11 rescue operations is still afresh, I am shocked at the way Telugu news channels are vying with each other to package and broadcast updates on the Telangana agitation over the past one month.
Meaningless debates between pro- and anti-Telangana leaders, clips of provocative speeches of peanut leaders, and ghastly scenes of violence accompanied by background score have been the order of the day for these channels.
The news reporters along with their cameramen seem to be omnipresent, ready to capture every movement. Gasping and panting they run behind protesters, interview them as though their opinion of national importance. They provoke, harass and pose questions with ulterior motives aimed at making the respondent utter something sensational.
Then we have the reporter reciting everything that we saw and heard to the news reader squatting in the studio. The communication that happens between the reporter and the reader is loud and miserable. On the lighter side, these conversations have been spoofed hilariously in many films.
For all such strenuous efforts, should the news channels receive a pat on their back? Of course, they deserve something on their back, but certainly not a pat.
Got it wrong again!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Hey! It’s simple to get your wishes, how ridiculous they are, granted for the Congress government has become quite generous.
All you have to do is to declare your wish and threaten to begin fast unto death if it is not fulfilled immediately by the government. Please make sure you have sufficient followers or hooligans with some experience in creating violence in prime pockets of the city. Also choose a public healthcare centre at the heart of the city and get yourself admitted there. Let the technology keep you alive even though you don't consume food. Don't forget to release a few clippings of your hospital life to the media.
The central government will deliberate with the state government and will come to you with the news that they will initiate the process to fulfill your wish. The whole process might take about 10-15 days in all, which is a bit tiring but not impossible.
Sounds simple, isn’t? Thanks to TRS’ big enchilada K. Chandrashekar Rao aka KCR for showing us the simplest way to securing what we want. I consider him far greater than the first man who landed on the moon or the person who invented the wheel.
We should also be grateful to the Sonia government err the Congress government for its benevolence. Nobody expected the government to succumb to KCR’s blackjacking in a jiffy. It was a hasty and infantile decision which caused furor across Andhra Pradesh.
It’s a big disgrace to the great Potti Sriramulu and others who laid down their lives for a separate Andhra Pradesh during 1950s.
Simple calculations point to the opinion of the common public in Telangana. Just look at the number of votes TRS managed to register since 2001 in various state and district level elections in this region. The number has been coming down drastically, and in the recent assembly elections, the party was almost routed. Chaos prevailed after the elections and KCR stepped down as the president. Of course! he came back to power in a dramatic fashion.
Everyone in the state knew KCR was enacting the drama only to gain his lost glory. But how could the Congress ignore this? Or is there any other strong hidden reason which has motivated the party to take such a poor decision on Telangana?
However, the whole episode boomeranged on KCR and Congress in particular. With MLAs and MPs belonging to Andhra and Rayalaseema areas, irrespective of their political league, taking a U-turn, the whole issue is now back to square one.
The Congress has indeed opened the Pandora's box, allowing other dormant statehood movements across the country slowly regain momentum.
All you have to do is to declare your wish and threaten to begin fast unto death if it is not fulfilled immediately by the government. Please make sure you have sufficient followers or hooligans with some experience in creating violence in prime pockets of the city. Also choose a public healthcare centre at the heart of the city and get yourself admitted there. Let the technology keep you alive even though you don't consume food. Don't forget to release a few clippings of your hospital life to the media.
The central government will deliberate with the state government and will come to you with the news that they will initiate the process to fulfill your wish. The whole process might take about 10-15 days in all, which is a bit tiring but not impossible.
Sounds simple, isn’t? Thanks to TRS’ big enchilada K. Chandrashekar Rao aka KCR for showing us the simplest way to securing what we want. I consider him far greater than the first man who landed on the moon or the person who invented the wheel.
We should also be grateful to the Sonia government err the Congress government for its benevolence. Nobody expected the government to succumb to KCR’s blackjacking in a jiffy. It was a hasty and infantile decision which caused furor across Andhra Pradesh.
It’s a big disgrace to the great Potti Sriramulu and others who laid down their lives for a separate Andhra Pradesh during 1950s.
Simple calculations point to the opinion of the common public in Telangana. Just look at the number of votes TRS managed to register since 2001 in various state and district level elections in this region. The number has been coming down drastically, and in the recent assembly elections, the party was almost routed. Chaos prevailed after the elections and KCR stepped down as the president. Of course! he came back to power in a dramatic fashion.
Everyone in the state knew KCR was enacting the drama only to gain his lost glory. But how could the Congress ignore this? Or is there any other strong hidden reason which has motivated the party to take such a poor decision on Telangana?
However, the whole episode boomeranged on KCR and Congress in particular. With MLAs and MPs belonging to Andhra and Rayalaseema areas, irrespective of their political league, taking a U-turn, the whole issue is now back to square one.
The Congress has indeed opened the Pandora's box, allowing other dormant statehood movements across the country slowly regain momentum.
