The rise of sensationalism in today's journalism and television media due to fierce competion is giving headache to none other than the viewers.
The concept of 'Breaking NEWS ' is truly irritating . Following are some of the 'Breaking NEWS ' that appeared on various TV channels.
---> Karishma Kappoor applies for Divorce ..! (Star News)
---> ShahRukhKhan says he is determined to quit smoking ..!(Times Now)
---> Indian Cricket Team returns from Malaysia ..! (CNN-IBN)
I feel somehow that the word 'Breaking News' is justifiable as such news items makes one to 'break' the TV ! In such media when a dog bites a man it is a NEWS and if a man bites a dog it is 'Breaking NEWS'.
Vernacular newspapers and magazines are not far behind if not ahead.
Magazines say a thing that they know it is not true in the hope if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true..!
Whenever I see a Tamil Magazine,I think of the poor trees. As trees they provide beauty ,shade and shelter , but as paper all they provide is only RUBBISH . .!!
Here is where I coin a new term called 'Tearing NEWS' for magazines and newspapers. It is a sibling to the term 'Breaking NEWS'.(The logic is simple . TV can be broken so the term 'Breaking NEWS' but a paper can only be torn and therefore the term 'Tearing NEWS')
One must notice that all the 'Tearing NEWS' items such as life,real honest to goodness life , murders , catastrophes ,fabulous inheritances , film industry rumours(kisu kisu) ,love and marriage happens almost happens exclusively in Tamil Magazines..!!
Modern Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of " Survival of the Vulgarist(fittest) ".
The general public must understand that what the Mass media is offering is not popular art or NEWS but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food , forgotten and replaced by a new dish.!!!
4 comments:
Excellent piece... Voices a just issue... very good that u didn`t waste paper 4 dis.(just kidding).
Very well written.. Crisp & effective..
P.S.: idula vara mokkai veliyile theriyala.. ana enakku theriyume.. he he
very well constructed and put forward.. though the concept of "tearing news" is worst p
Topic title is apt n ur view is right.
jrsd- idu mokkai illa.
vivek - ya thought of it. but i did not want that to be the title coz i thought y should ther be another breaking news.
kedar- i accept.
easwar- thanks
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