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Telugu News Channels - CONDUITS FOR CRIMES, CATALYSTS FOR CATASTROPHES
[28 May 2010 | 0 Comments]

CONDUITS FOR CRIMES, CATALYSTS FOR CATASTROPHES would be the best suited terms for the mushroomed Telugu News Channels in AP. Unlike in any other State we have 14 News Channels. Disasters and Failures is the staple diet of these Channels. Sensationalism is their key Principle. Information is made Commercial. News is no longer seen as News, and is been viewed as a Commodity. In the rat race to garner TRPs which indirectly translates to Money, mindless of the result everything is sensationalized. Pretty faces are made as News Readers and the people who have the gift of the gab are made Reports not knowing the perils of such appointments without Journalism background. [More]

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Breaking News or News Barking ?
[16 May 2010 | 0 Comments]

It’s high time, that government constitutes a regulating body to restrict this growing malady in the name of Media. The Press Council of India (PCI) has long back recommended for the formation of Media Council incorporating both Print & Electronic Media. Mr Ganendra Narayan Ray former judge of Supreme Court and Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI) in a recent Press meet at Kochi has reiterated the necessity for the formation of Media Council and the need of bringing the Electronic Media under the PCI. He strongly felt that atleast a peer group should be formed to regulate the mushrooming and ever growing electronic media. It would otherwise be against the spirit of Article 14 of the Constitution if the print media was treated in one way and electronic media in a different way. [More]