If one has been regularly keeping a watch on the Indian television media scene, then one might as well agree with what BBC journalist Paul Danahar has to say here(source:prathamesh). The excerpt below sums up the whole idea about the state of media in India as of today.
The former Home Minister Indrajit Gupta was one day doggedly pursued by a young journalist on his way out of parliament.he finally agreed to stop for the news crew, he was asked the probing question. "Sir, would you please say something". The second question was "and Sir, who are you?"
Personally, I think NDTV is by far the best English news channel reporting in India. CNN-IBN is good in parts(I nomally do not miss Devil's Advocate). TIMES-NOW(with its sloppy programming) and Headlines-Today(with its sloppy anchors) suck big-time. Needless to say that the Hindi media is a complete no-no. I am afraid that with time and intense competition the scenario is going to worsen and all we will be subjected to see and know is "Why Udit Narayan has two wives and whom he prefers to sleep with?". How I wish there was a BBC India.
Also if one wants to know what goes on behind the screens, this blog might just reveal it all.
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