Indian Media Bash Blog

We have moved a long way from censored single window Doordarshan days. It’s free market now; the market forces determine the direction of news and the bias that it carries along. We now see a “war for news”, but it’s also a war between spin doctors. With the revolution in mass news dissemination services, [...]

Local television channels don’t have the quality, content or glitz that the national television channels offer. Understandably so, given their viewership is limited. But because of the sleeky glitzy national media content, we are watching less and less of local programming. As a result, our awareness about city/township governance is at an all time low.
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The issue of discussion is the dorky coverage of Sci-Tech section by some Indian news websites. Well, frankly speaking, its not that bad. Its actually a spectrum: On the one hand you have newspapers like HT that hardly have any Sci&Tech coverage, while on the other hand you have The Telegraph that gives quality coverage [...]