TRP is the mantra. Times Now sells because it yells at everybody,a huge departure from a Barkha Dutt giggling at Arvind Kejriwal’s rhetoric. Never mind that NDTV’s advertisement dismisses the rival as a tabloid.
A voyeuristic society loves watching daily squabbles. Observe one in your neighbourhood, or one in the city, if you don’t believe me. And such a society, is the market today.
Benett Coleman’s channel also has the USP of its journalists not having relations as baggage. When it was launched, the audience was exasperated with watching the channel run by Brinda Karat’s sister for more than a decade, first as Star News’ production house and then as an independent media house.
Elsewhere in that leftist media house, Rajdeep Sardesai sulked, complaining why he was given a salary less than that of Vikram Chandra when he did more significant work. That his father-in-law Bhaskar Ghose had helped the channel tide over the scandal of charging Doordarshan for footage Doordarshan itself had produced was a fact NDTV was not ready to be grateful for on the face of constant office politics between Chandra, Dutt and Sardesai. So the complaining guy moved to the then newly formed CNN-IBN as its chief editor. But he managed to make the new media house nothing more than a me-too NDTV, Times Now’s USP stayed intact..............La Swarajya Style
EXPOSE ONE : Extremely Shameful attempt by @TimesNow.
Is this Journalism or attempt of self goal in frustration by Arnab Goswami?
EXPOSE TWO: What a Joke Times Now and your puppet Mr. Kejriwal.
You didn't remove him. Delhi Cops produced strong evidence
against him ; filed FIR, and arrested him, Kejriwal had left with
no option. #AAParts. joining #Pressititute Arnab Goswami
AnonymousApril 9, 2013 at 4:26 AM
Im sorry but he is not doing his job very well. Debates are meant to be a dignified way of expressing opinion. But on the wonderful Mr. Goswami's show, one can hear nothing but shouting, screaming and constant interruptions. Admitted, he does give a politician here and there a deserved verbal bashing but is it really necessary every single night? And all you people talking about 'analyzing the politics in India', I'd suggest you start analyzing the media in India. and i don't mean analyzing what comes at 9 pm every night. I mean how it functions and what role it supposed to play in society. And the times group itself isn't one of the most reliable sources of news information.
TIMES NOW : Opposition will not allow the land bill to be either passed or defeated, so that the government cannot convene a joint session of Parliament to get the bill passed, says CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury