I have high regards for Hindustan Times. As a matter of fact its the only newspaper I love to read. Hindu is good in terms to editorials but I call it a boring newspaper because of so much to read in. Plus the design of the paper needs a serious rethinking. Times of India is more of gossip and only gossip! Perhaps its the soft Playboy of India. HT is more balanced in terms of content and entertainment. (It even offers free epaper subscription). But I would like to point out an ironic situation. Barkha Dutt in an editorial, in HT, has highlighted the depreciating state of affairs in news reporting.
It’s more about what we regard as newsworthy. Sure, when two of India’s biggest stars get married, it’s a perfectly legitimate entertainment story. But does it deserve saturation coverage? Does it require reporters to stand by the wayside for hours on end, with real time updates on who is wearing what? Do we really need to spend reams of newsprint and hours of airtime on who held hands, who got drunk and who was the last to leave? There was something utterly pathetic about how a hundred cameras went scrambling for a nanosecond of footage each time the gates at Jalsa opened to let a car inside. Is this peek-a-boo voyeurism now the future of Indian journalism?
And below is the screen shot of HT homepage today.
Why can’t they marry in peace!! They have life as a celebrity and they have every right over privacy. But sadly people seem more interested in their private lives. I can’t blame the media entirely for this irresponsible reporting, they cater to the needs of the people and viewers love to get such news.
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Trust our Indian media to do this. They never seem to be certain of what they are supposed to do. I am sure the news channels are giving tough competition to Bollywood gossip magazines today. Fact is, if I see the AA marriage pics one more time, I am going to puke!
Tarana,
Gossip magazines must have been surprised at this interest of main stream media. But then you see they are the unofficial first family of India
Richard Greer’s kiss was NOT a peck on the cheek of Shilpa Shetty. One CANNOT grab a female and kiss her intimatley THRICE and pretend its nothing that its just like a handshake - come on Richard get your act together and RESPECT LOCAL CUSTOMS.
Shilpa is being polite to keep up her PR efforts.
nice pix
lol ima so excited ur marriage aishwarya
to be ur husband abishek lol iam live in usa minnesota state
jab tak zinda raho kush raho
but hamaraa sath
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