Breaking News !!!! How reliable is it ?

This is a very excellent point. From several years the news channels have been showing only the news which have drama with spices. There are so many important events happening every day in India which are not even covered. DD news is one reliable channel which shows true news. All other news channels are busy discussing gossips, rumors which are least important.

Media has become more like Soap Operas and everything goes around for TRP rating. There are more twisted tales than reality. There are political  lobbies of journalist trying their best to add the twist and misguide the viewers.

Somewhere the credibility of these news has gone.

Probably they don't know the meaning of breaking news! They record something in the morning and keep it on air all day long in the name of breaking news. The funniest part is that all channels keep an eye on other channels and run the same news. That's true, most newspapers and news channels consider small things like "Baby Bump", Dating, engagement, outing and face off of cine actors as a breaking news. I think they do it for the sake of TRP but they in fact are losing serious viewers with their cheap activities. 

It also makes us as citizens insensitive as can be witnessed when.you see people filming people suffering or accident or crime scenes without helping them. I find it disgusting that such things can even happen. It is because of the media coverage. I remember a camera shot taken by a very eminent International photographer of a dying starving African child ...his reasoning was that he was making the world aware of how some people live and die with no help received , also by the time he came to the scene the child had reached a point of no return. But my question is , why not rush the child to a hospital rather than let it slowly breath it's last ! That filming won him laurels but at what cost ? I wish they had some laws against those who film such tragedies 

usha manohar wrote:

It also makes us as citizens insensitive as can be witnessed when.you see people filming people suffering or accident or crime scenes without helping them. I find it disgusting that such things can even happen. It is because of the media coverage. I remember a camera shot taken by a very eminent International photographer of a dying starving African child ...his reasoning was that he was making the world aware of how some people live and die with no help received , also by the time he came to the scene the child had reached a point of no return. But my question is , why not rush the child to a hospital rather than let it slowly breath it's last ! That filming won him laurels but at what cost ? I wish they had some laws against those who film such tragedies 

There for I don't like to watch new channels. They repeat one news more than thousand time. DD news is reliable one.

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

It also makes us as citizens insensitive as can be witnessed when.you see people filming people suffering or accident or crime scenes without helping them. I find it disgusting that such things can even happen. It is because of the media coverage. I remember a camera shot taken by a very eminent International photographer of a dying starving African child ...his reasoning was that he was making the world aware of how some people live and die with no help received , also by the time he came to the scene the child had reached a point of no return. But my question is , why not rush the child to a hospital rather than let it slowly breath it's last ! That filming won him laurels but at what cost ? I wish they had some laws against those who film such tragedies 

There for I don't like to watch new channels. They repeat one news more than thousand time. DD news is reliable one.

No doubt DD news is reliable but it is quite tedious to watch it because they are still stuck in the 1980s. In fact all the DD channels are the same ..

usha manohar wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

It also makes us as citizens insensitive as can be witnessed when.you see people filming people suffering or accident or crime scenes without helping them. I find it disgusting that such things can even happen. It is because of the media coverage. I remember a camera shot taken by a very eminent International photographer of a dying starving African child ...his reasoning was that he was making the world aware of how some people live and die with no help received , also by the time he came to the scene the child had reached a point of no return. But my question is , why not rush the child to a hospital rather than let it slowly breath it's last ! That filming won him laurels but at what cost ? I wish they had some laws against those who film such tragedies 

There for I don't like to watch new channels. They repeat one news more than thousand time. DD news is reliable one.

No doubt DD news is reliable but it is quite tedious to watch it because they are still stuck in the 1980s. In fact all the DD channels are the same ..

I agree to this . Sometimes it is little boring to watch DD news. But if you want some real good news, The Hindu newspaper is excellent which can also be read online format also. I used to read it regularly few months back but due to very tight working schedule , I am not able to devote time now to read It regularly. Because the vocabulary used in the Hindu is little complex and I have to search word meaning.

usha manohar wrote:

It also makes us as citizens insensitive as can be witnessed when.you see people filming people suffering or accident or crime scenes without helping them. I find it disgusting that such things can even happen. It is because of the media coverage. I remember a camera shot taken by a very eminent International photographer of a dying starving African child ...his reasoning was that he was making the world aware of how some people live and die with no help received , also by the time he came to the scene the child had reached a point of no return. But my question is , why not rush the child to a hospital rather than let it slowly breath it's last ! That filming won him laurels but at what cost ? I wish they had some laws against those who film such tragedies 

That has become a trend. Social media exploits it's freedom to the extent of abuse. There are so many doctored news and video making rounds misguiding people. 

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

It also makes us as citizens insensitive as can be witnessed when.you see people filming people suffering or accident or crime scenes without helping them. I find it disgusting that such things can even happen. It is because of the media coverage. I remember a camera shot taken by a very eminent International photographer of a dying starving African child ...his reasoning was that he was making the world aware of how some people live and die with no help received , also by the time he came to the scene the child had reached a point of no return. But my question is , why not rush the child to a hospital rather than let it slowly breath it's last ! That filming won him laurels but at what cost ? I wish they had some laws against those who film such tragedies 

There for I don't like to watch new channels. They repeat one news more than thousand time. DD news is reliable one.

I have not watched DD news in a long time. But I remember the decency with which news was read on this channel. They said it as a news without adding any masala of their prejudices, judgement and political lobbying. News looked like news and not a soap Opera.

Ever since the foreign media companies has made an entry into India, journalism and reporting has taken a straight nosedive. In their bid to stay on top of the TRP weekly charts, they will do anything and everything to report 'breaking news', be it of some slutty actress dating someone or shooting insensitive questions to parents of rape victims! There is hardly any meaning left to the term Breaking News now.

And to forget the visual and sound effects that they add to make everything sensational and their misguiding one liners to attract more and more attention.

I do not watch DD news anymore. But I have watched WION and found it good. It still reads news like a news and no sensalization.

arjun sai wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

anil wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

It also makes us as citizens insensitive as can be witnessed when.you see people filming people suffering or accident or crime scenes without helping them. I find it disgusting that such things can even happen. It is because of the media coverage. I remember a camera shot taken by a very eminent International photographer of a dying starving African child ...his reasoning was that he was making the world aware of how some people live and die with no help received , also by the time he came to the scene the child had reached a point of no return. But my question is , why not rush the child to a hospital rather than let it slowly breath it's last ! That filming won him laurels but at what cost ? I wish they had some laws against those who film such tragedies 

There for I don't like to watch new channels. They repeat one news more than thousand time. DD news is reliable one.

No doubt DD news is reliable but it is quite tedious to watch it because they are still stuck in the 1980s. In fact all the DD channels are the same ..

I agree to this . Sometimes it is little boring to watch DD news. But if you want some real good news, The Hindu newspaper is excellent which can also be read online format also. I used to read it regularly few months back but due to very tight working schedule , I am not able to devote time now to read It regularly. Because the vocabulary used in the Hindu is little complex and I have to search word meaning.

I too was reading The Hindu, but of late stopped it. It is a wonderful paper with no nonsense news. To the Point, unbiased & exemplary grammar highlights this News Paper.

Other Papers like Deccan Chronicle, Times of India are cluttered & filled with Ads, more stories as many as can be fit into a single paper. On the other hand, The Hindu publishes only relevant & most important news unbiasedly & thereby the paper look is also so refreshing & happy to read.

Arunima Singh wrote:

And to forget the visual and sound effects that they add to make everything sensational and their misguiding one liners to attract more and more attention.

I do not watch DD news anymore. But I have watched WION and found it good. It still reads news like a news and no sensalization.

I too have watched WION for a couple of times, it is a very good channel to watch. Professional, clean presentation & relevant coverage. Just seen that it is a part of Essel Group which is India's largest media Conglomerate based in India.

Happy to know that atleast some of Indian channels are running in good hands.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Ever since the foreign media companies has made an entry into India, journalism and reporting has taken a straight nosedive. In their bid to stay on top of the TRP weekly charts, they will do anything and everything to report 'breaking news', be it of some slutty actress dating someone or shooting insensitive questions to parents of rape victims! There is hardly any meaning left to the term Breaking News now.

In fact the media has made life a circus for urbanites, not sure what to say and what not to say . ..one of my friend has a teenage daughter who is grossly overweight and when the parents advised her to lose weight , she apparently told them that they were body shaming her and it is not allowed .... the teenagers especially learn such useless expressions from the media and use it without actually realising how silly it sounds . That makes media even worse ..