W elcome to India’s sensational media
environment, in which the democratically
powered fourth pillar serve as a judge, a
victim, a prosecutor and a witness at the
same time. During the starting days of
television, headlines were told to the
common public. Then, reporters and
journalists started explaining the news.
Now, the news has been created. It forgets,
remembers and provoke at the same time.
Is this change really an evolution? Or is it a
stunt to divert our minds.
When the white house confirmed about the
meeting between President Trump and
Supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Un.
The media became abound of the news. There
were discussion panels discussing all
possibilities and keynotes of the historical
meeting. But with some days passing, it
changed its way. At night, there were
programs telecasted on television sets which
discussed the weapons USA and North Korea
has in case anything goes wrong. Even it
reached to a point in which a channel
reported that “Kim Jong-Un’s wife scolded
him for smoking”. Now it seems like a joke or
an act of foolishness making the audience a
fool.
THE MEDIA NEED ALMONDS
During the Christmas of 2017, A Paksitani
military court sentenced Kulbhushan Jadhav
an Indian trader to death on charges of
spying. The media after reporting the case
for couple of weeks went silent when
another big news jerked the nation. The case
became dormant. The fourth institution,
instead of creating a mass support forgot the
case.
This phenomenon is quite common. There has
been a long history in the west when
government controlled public emotions
through media. When it come for working