Thursday, September 18, 2008

duh, no, f u and great

I ve been this good avid news watcher and luckily I was born at a time when there was only DD so I can appreciate how so very different news channels are today. And over the past five years, what we get as news has surely changed in India.
To go to the positives first, (as you mighta guessed this post is about the negatives) and they are few in number
the news channels claim to give unbiased news
there are sting missions at least once a year
Coverage is really quick, so I can know if Bipasha's kittens have dysentery in around one hour.
And they have these awesome interviews which is what this post is about.

If you watch any of these headlines today, IBN,24 7, you would be familiar with these on site interviews these news people conduct. And my frank opinion is, if you are a smart interviewee (the unfortunate soul whose forced to answer questions) you can pick your answers from this 4 member set (duh!!!, no, f u, and great)

duh-for obvious questions like: student, do you think mr. arjun singh is retarded?~duh and so r u~

NO-for pathetic questions like: china, will you ever be nice to india ~NO~

f u:for narada questions which are asked for creating furore and confusion:Saif we heard you forgot Kareena's bday, is it ok? ~f u~ shows both his fingers~

great/bad:for questions about how you feel after achieving something great: Monica Bedi how you feel after being thrown out of Big Boss, the totally novel idea of a reality show only in India which is so important for the nation? ~i feel bad~

here are some examples:


Interview with Gujarat earth quake victim:
You have lost everyone in your family because of the earthquake, how do you feel about it? ~sad ~loads a pistol ~
do you think you should have had earthquake proof house
~yes~ ~one more bullet~
now one more question and ...


Hi, dhoni how do you feel about the ICC award?
great?
What are your feelings about doing well?
great?
Do you use Mysore sandal soap?
no
What do you think of Dipika padukone?
great?
Many have said you are better than Kumble in captaincy, Narayana Narayana. What do you think?
i know how to answer this question :m||m

Arushi's mum
Is Arushi Talwat dead?
NO shes a zombie
How do you feel about your daughter's death?
great?
Did your husband kill Arushi Talwar?
YES and the astrologers have predicted anyway one else who speaks to me today is going to die.
Did you daughter have an...
HONEY, if your anyway convicted can you kill this bitch also?

Its high time we came down heavily on criticizing asking sensitive question, to intimidate and harass people.
If the media does need some mileage there are numerous areas uncovered, police bribes on the street, untended schools, deserving achievers who die anonymous and a country that predominantly doesnt even know its fundamental rights.
Please educate dont pass time.
The next time I watch TV please show me some news?


6 comments:

Mim said...

hehe... India tv,ibn 7 and aaj tak rock....say a spcl thanks ..without them this post wud have been incomplete

Pratish Gandhi said...

They ask celebrities the most insensitive questions..like they had asked Shammi Kapoor how he was feeling when he was admitted in a hospital for a mild stroke or something..and Mr Kapoor obviously got irritated and replied "mujhe dance karne ka man kar raha hai" [:)]

Sudar said...

nice.. had a gud laugh..

asun ran said...

haha,, really good one..its better u run a spoof of it( already is damn hilarious)n broadcast! cyrus broacha does a good hand at it! :)

Unknown said...

lovely post, great satire.... i suppose news reporters truly are retarded in the way they ask their questions

P BOY said...

LOL!!!!! Real awesome da. I had a hearty laugh. Ur write when u say that the media is insenstive to people's predicaments. But maybe a large section of their viewers are also to blame for the kind of news that they broadcast. Just think about it..

They did make a big issue of a party called Lok Paritran participating in the LS elections four years ago. But what was the result??
If only the "COMMON MAN" had voted atleast 2 % of their candidates had been voted in, maybe things cud have benn diff than they are now..

A huge part of the blame lies on most of us too...