Comments on: Links ….. http://calamur.org/gargi/2008/06/18/links-3/ A Point of View Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:35:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: gargi http://calamur.org/gargi/2008/06/18/links-3/#comment-4519 gargi Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:33:13 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=875#comment-4519 @ Shefaly . .... not about india was more in the vein of it just could be India. indian news is an oxymoron. with an emphasis on the moron :( i gave up watching TV news the day Abhishek and rani visited the studios of NDTV and presented the news as Bunty and Bubly. now i primarily watch DD news if atall. there was this story of some news reporter asking Somnath Chaterjee (the speaker) his name after interviewing him for his views on something. @Lekhni-am travelling this week, will pick it up on my return. @Nita - i agree with you. the news media is terribly trite and superficial. i get more stuff out of blogs - in terms of research -- than news articles. they are seriously lacking. @ Shefaly . …. not about india was more in the vein of it just could be India.

indian news is an oxymoron. with an emphasis on the moron :(
i gave up watching TV news the day Abhishek and rani visited the studios of NDTV and presented the news as Bunty and Bubly. now i primarily watch DD news if atall.
there was this story of some news reporter asking Somnath Chaterjee (the speaker) his name after interviewing him for his views on something.

@Lekhni-am travelling this week, will pick it up on my return.

@Nita - i agree with you. the news media is terribly trite and superficial. i get more stuff out of blogs - in terms of research — than news articles. they are seriously lacking.

]]> By: Nita http://calamur.org/gargi/2008/06/18/links-3/#comment-4514 Nita Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:41:23 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=875#comment-4514 It's funny what things stick in one's mind. I always try to observe myself when I pick up the paper. What is it that brings me to read the article behind the headline? Even if I do decide to read something serious, I am disappointed and I have to agree with Shefaly here. It’s funny what things stick in one’s mind. I always try to observe myself when I pick up the paper. What is it that brings me to read the article behind the headline? Even if I do decide to read something serious, I am disappointed and I have to agree with Shefaly here.

]]> By: Lekhni http://calamur.org/gargi/2008/06/18/links-3/#comment-4498 Lekhni Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:32:42 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=875#comment-4498 Tagged! It's a haiku which I know is right up your alley, after reading that monsoon melodies post)! Tagged! It’s a haiku which I know is right up your alley, after reading that monsoon melodies post)!

]]> By: Shefaly http://calamur.org/gargi/2008/06/18/links-3/#comment-4495 Shefaly Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:17:31 +0000 http://calamur.org/gargi/?p=875#comment-4495 Harini, although Robert Fox's article is not talking about India, having just come back from there, I have to say that Indian media is plumbing depths yet unknown to the British press yet (our neat broadsheet/ tabloid divide helps a bit towards it).. I was shocked, sad and angry to see there is practically no discourse, no analysis, not even an ability ask the right questions when interviewing somebody who matters. Harini, although Robert Fox’s article is not talking about India, having just come back from there, I have to say that Indian media is plumbing depths yet unknown to the British press yet (our neat broadsheet/ tabloid divide helps a bit towards it).. I was shocked, sad and angry to see there is practically no discourse, no analysis, not even an ability ask the right questions when interviewing somebody who matters.

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