Thread: Ban India Tv Or Drop It From Tatasky

i am posting this here, because this is the closest related thread i cud find and i didnt want to create new thread.

this was sent by email from my friend, it mentioned that its from AajTak (but image doesnt show the logo):


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whichever be channel but its height!

'I MISS THE NEWS IN NEWS!'The comedy of 'news'Reema Moudgil Someone please pass on some news now. News, that does not scream, giggle or rant. News that is just news.
‘Sharm Karo, Govinda!,” screamed a headline across the frowning visage of Star News recently. It was accompanied by repeated shots of the actor slapping a visitor on his sets. Then followed an interview where the reporter pussyfooted around the actor’s temper and encouraged him to vent on and on.

Later the same “report” was run by the channel with an almost abusive voice over that accused Govinda of being an uncouth human-being and an unrepentant bully. A few months ago, a television actress’ husband was tailed by TV reporters who asked him incessantly why his wife had filed an FIR against him. Did he beat her? Was he drunk right now? When the man snapped and exhaled in the face of a reporter, the channel exploded with righteous anger about how the man had insulted the press.

What is news afterall? Is it unvarnished reportage? Is it a comment? Or a judgement? What are news channels? Are they purveyors of information? Are they kangaroo courts where erring celebrities and under-performing cricketers are stoned in absentia and family feuds resolved? Are they horror shows? Puppet shows? Comedy shows?

At a recent show organised by CNN IBN in Bangalore, a man said, “I miss the news in news.” He was right. No matter which news channel you switch on today, you are likely to see a show featuring news rather than just news.

A few weeks back, a leading English news channel was running a report on the state of Saif Ali Khan’s forearm, which in case you did not know, has been altered irrevocably. He has, you see, tattooed the name of his latest girlfriend (in Devanagri in case you are interested) on it. Another very serious news channel strains its brains routinely about who is the emperor and who the king of Bollywood and ran SMS polls last year to find out whether Shah Rukh Khan had upstaged Amitabh Bachchan with his performance in KBC. Nothing however can beat the melodrama that Hindi channels like Aaj Tak and Star News drum up.

Whether it is a nobody called Jhanvi who slits her wrists before Abhishek Bachchan’s impending nuptials or Aishwarya Rai’s supposed Mangal Dosha, these channels put the world on hold to flood air time with incessant rantings. Ram Gopal Varma recently commented in an interview that he was fascinated by the ‘talent’ with which news is presented today to the viewers and that he almost became afraid for the Bachchans when a channel played up Aishwarya’s supposedly ill-aligned stars and foretold disaster!

Star News takes particular pride in scavenging filth and once encouraged a little girl to talk in detail about how she saw her father brutally murder her mother. On another occasion, they set up an influential man against his son and daughter-in-law and both sides fought dirty over a child’s custody.

They also showed in detail, a report about a blind teacher who allegedly tried to rape a student, also blind!
Of course, we are grateful that news vigilantes are out there, stinging corrupt ministers, canvassing for rape and acid attack victims and showing us the mess our governments wallow in.

Yes, we have all been shaken, stirred and entertained by news channels. Someone please pass on some news now. News, that does not scream, giggle or rant. News that is just news.

Deccan Herald - The comedy of 'news'

I hate India tv... I hate it hate it hate it hate it. Each time I see my Grand mother seeing it, I puke and dont talk to her for days.

From: "Anita Sharma" <anitasharma@indiatvnews.com>
To: <pita>

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Dear Pita,

We know it very well that 1 Thermometer has much more mercury than 100
CFL bulbs combined...but its harmful only when thermometer breaks ..we
never said that only CFL bulbs has mercury ..many other instruments have
mercury ..but people are unaware of CFL bulbs ...we have done that
Special report on the basis of GREEN PEACE report & TOXIC LINKS report

Facts were checked before alerting viewers & No alarm is false alarm
when it is related to your health ..otherwise we Indian have habit of
taking things very lightly .

We do understand our responsibility & that's why working towards that
direction..

Anyways ..thank you so much for watching INDIA TV & giving your valued
suggestion & Criticism too ..we understand ..criticism makes us do
better=20

Best wishes=20
Anita sharma
Deputy editor
INDIA TV

This was when I saw IndiaTV for like 2-3rd time and the air some breaking new or somthing about CFL being deadly and people are dying and basically over playing it to an extent that only India TV can do it.

I got pissed.. and emailed them... and next time I saw they had something about BlackHole that made me really throw my TV out.

Amitabh ko thand lagi..
Oh my god!
More news channels to launch soon..
Wonder what news means now..
Breaking news is meant to break real news.. not news like this..
Even bigger shock they run half hour show called vishesh on the same news.. God help us out of this mess..

India TV Sucks . Period

If India tv sucks then what what you say about Aaj tak (wHICH USED TO BE THE BEST NEWS CHANNEL FOR 4 YEARS).
In aaj tak 30 min new program ===== 18 min of Advertisement + 2.0 min for headine repeating 4-5 times in 30 min program.+ 3 min matter (Main news) repeated 3 times the same thing without any change. 1 min for closing line. Now tells which sucks more.

This is the condition of best ever news channels.