On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 11:13 PM Venkatesh H R <[email protected]> wrote:
> What really killed it for me was 26/11 when we were required to > sustain non-stop coverage of the attacks for 48 hours, without breaks. So > we took turns as anchors, basically saying the same thing over and over > again. 2008 was really when things got worse. Reporting was cut short. > People realised it is cheapest to call 4 guests to a studio and have a > shouting match. I can go on and on.... > > The same could be said about the US and UK TV news channels (except for outliers like public broadcasters). I suspect TV news channels (and newspapers, coming to think of it) that want to appeal to a broad audience have to appeal to the least common denominator. I have started noticing that Indians have began to realize the baits and traps that "breaking news" channels lay in their path. Thaths
