On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find the lack of separation between the advertising and editorial > > sections of the newspapers much more disturbing. I can't see a > > semblance of the journalistic ideal in these fluffy "articles" and > > celebrity interest "interviews". >
All "fluffy" and salacious articles are justified by the credo that "it's what the public wants"....do newspaper trends (EVERY magazine and newspaper now has a page-3) trends set or follow popular taste? Certainly in the case of magazines like Stardust, it was the former...they introduced Hinglish at a time when it was not a cool thing to like, and persisted with it until it did become fashionable to accept Hinglish-as-she-is-spoken. Even today, on a train journey, if I have a choice between a good, improving book and Stardust..... But Thaths, it's also bread-and-butter...when a young reporter is asked to talk to a celeb...what is s/he supposed to do, draw hesself up to heights of journalistic indignation? I also found that I was a hypocrite.... I deplored the chasing-after-Diana element, yet found myself picking up any magazines with her face (so beautiful, especially in the early days) on the cover.
