Thursday, October 30, 2008

Winning hearts with sensationalism??

So what is Indian television trying to go for at present? By the look of it I would say its just TRP everyone is after and creating sensationalism to attract viewers. Well ok fine so nothing wrong with that, after all we are all in game of earning profits only…no one creats a channel to incur losses. But does this give them a right to compromise on the content and its packaging?
Entertainment channels have often been criticized off and on for their lack of content and increasing doses of ‘saas-bahu’ operas. Recently even Indian news channels also joined the bandwagon of entertainment. Thus the news channels are increasing the entertainment content on the ‘Idiot Box’. The fight for viewership and advertisements is very literally tooth and nail for Indian news channels.
We, the people have so been dumped with the content of TV programs and of ‘breaking news’ and ‘exclusives on news channels that our mind often fails to detach one from the other.
Where else did we thought that we would believe in aliens abducting humans…where else could we have seen so much blood and gore being glorified for TRPs… where else do we hear the question “aapko kaisa lagg raha hai” for each and every situation, no matter how grave or happy… where else could we see political and regional and religious camps being formed.
Yes, at present this and a lot more is what the India News industry is leading to.