TV’s ‘now what’ moment

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Shailaja Bajpai Tags : IPL, new government, TV news Posted: Tuesday , May 26, 2009 at 0110 hrs

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Finally, a formal protest against all news channels for showing us Prabhakaran and his son Charles Anthony grievously injured and dead, not once, not twice but all day for several days. Close-ups of the two were very disturbing and should have been strictly prohibited after a few takes instead of the lengthy footage repeated repeatedly. Didn’t news channels agree not to dwell upon dead people?

shailaja.bajpai@expressindia.com

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Lean days on TV news channelsBy: G.Dwarakanath | 31-May-2009 Reply | Forward Some fifteen years ago suddenly a dozen tigers died in the Hyderabad zoo and that livened up a particularly dull day on the TV channel. Here is an imagined item on the channel that day:A tiger is brought into the studio in a cage.News reader: We are all very sorry to hear, Mr.Tiger, that a dozen members of your family in the Hyderabad Zoo have died suddenly. The Tiger: Grrr...News reader: I assure you, Mr.Tiger, that the entire country shares your griefThe Tiger : Grrr.....News reader: Though full of grief over the tragic loss, Mr.Tiger, you were kind enough to agree to come to our studios to share your grief. We are really grateful to you, Mr.Tiger.The Tiger: G..r..r..r..r..

PrabhakaranBy: Amit | 26-May-2009 Reply | Forward I agree on the Prabhakaran dead body point. It was revulsing to watch it again and again. One channel (I don't remember which one) even drew a red circle around the bullet mark on the foreead and pointed to it with a red arrow!

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