What is the difference between news and opinion?
Opinion is, “A view or judgment formed about something, not
necessarily based on fact or knowledge”.
Now-a-days I am seeing Indian media spends more energy in
debates, where panels composed of activists, social workers, politicians, strategic
analysts etc. discuss and reach an opinion by sitting at their chair in the
comfort of studios or home. Is this, we the audience, expecting from news
channel?
What are the main problems our country is facing today? Is
it the statements of some politicians, some infighting in some political
dynasties or what happens in Delhi, Mumbai and sometimes in J&K and UP?
What about hundreds of life stories from central, eastern
and north-eastern India? What about problems faced by tribals? What about the
ever increasing child death rates in Kerala’s tribal belts? What about the
problems faced by farmers of Vidarbha? What about the infrastructure problems faced
by people from Odisha? What about people’s raising interest in viewing their
fellow neighbors through religious prism instead of considering them as fellow
human being? Isn’t these and many other
stories are not worthy of primetimes?
Or do we have to turn to BBC to see that?
Sajeev
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