Comments on: Indian Media: Are they treating news as commodity?

By: yshsvi

yshsvi — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:59:35 +0000

hey,nice article…….but dnt u thnk ppl like watchng ol dis dat is d reason yellow journalism is spreading so mch……….v rilly cnt only blame d media…v r d culprits too!!!

By: Eun Petrie

Eun Petrie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:39:08 +0000

Hey very nice blog!!

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:58:54 +0000

Media and people, both are the culprits of this ridiculous news coverages. Ppl not interested in the political issues, common man’s problems etc. In the age of globalization the Indians are think only about the entertainment things. They are curious about the celebrities rather than the country.

Media needs circulation. So they are utilizing the new behaviour of the society. That is a very bad thing. Media can change this attitude, but they dont do that. They are responsible to making money only.

“Oh God please change the mind of ppl and media”. We can do this thing only.

By: Taran

Taran — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:08:20 +0000

Well i feel media is not the only culprit here…
Ppl watch news for entertainment these days as a common man is more mesmerized by peeking into the lives of bollywood stars and cricketers. The main motive of news channels being a communicator for showing people the relevant stuff(stuff which actually effect their lives) is lost.

By: Derrick VanDyke

Derrick VanDyke — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:47:47 +0000

Very true Indian news is getting waste. Concentrating on all the faltu stuff it can. I found this good article they say was forwarded to people as chain people. http://www.youmarks.com/story.php?id=185

Surely we need to do something about it. But what can we do

By: Jez Humble

Jez Humble — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:47:47 +0000

I have to say, the Indian media REALLY winds me up. With a few notable exceptions like the people who work for Frontline, The Hindu and Tehelka, most Indian journalists seem like spoiled brats who wouldn’t know (or be interested in) investigative journalism if it bit them in the face. To pick a local example, all the furore about dogs in Bangalore, but virtually nothing about the water privatisation. It drives me mad. I remember sitting in a car with a journalist doing a piece on the riots in Gujarat just after she’d been. She said that none of the Muslims wanted to talk to her, and she didn’t think that anything really bad had happened to them. There I was thinking “oh really? A Muslim who’s just been the victim of violence from a Hindu mob doesn’t want to talk to a high-caste Hindu from a big city? Wierd eh!” Grrrr… But Ashish is also right – things are no better in other places (although being a Brit I have to name-check the BBC and the Guardian).

By: Ashish

Ashish — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:32:04 +0000

Hahaha …quite true buddy no wonder u r so raged … to add to the long list of stupid event covered by media at leangth, remember when bill clinton visited india … i used to watch the news coverage that time as a laughter show they even covered what his dogs were eating … but there are also some good shows on cnbc n cnn ..others are useless n pathetic … by the way, far away from india here in taiwan also the same i have come across same stuff

Hope the situation gets better n they start producing some meaningful progs n cover some meaningful, constructive news