I can have a go at them in the middle of the night, or even at gunpoint.
When a really, really famous celebrity passes away, there’s always a big commotion, with emotions flying all around. The death of Michael Jackson came as a shock to millions around the globe. It was tragic. Every speech that was delivered in the memorial gave everyone Goosebumps.
When MJ passed away, the news channels in India were caught napping, as they had NO clips on him, except for some footage of when he came to India.
What to do in this situation? The sensible way out would be to show clippings from his music videos, and report the career achievements, etc.
But NO, India TV came up with the single-most AWESOMEST idea EVER [Pardon my sarcasm :P].
They compares Michael Jackson to, get this, GOVINDA’s [should be kicked out of India] dance FIRST. Then they compared his dance to Jitendra [No comments]. Then came Hrithik Roshan [Bearable!], and in the end they gave Prabhu Deva some footage [Should have been the first, and the only one].
First of all, it is an insult to MJ to be compared to Govinda, or ANY other dancer from India (excepting a few). What a disgrace. Sadly, I don’t have snaps! :(
Enter next day, I switched on my television, more importantly, India TV :D
They were blabbering about the post mortem that was done on MJs body, and claimed to have the results =))
Note that MJs own FAMILY didn’t get any reports.
The making of a prime time television show @ India TV requires the following:
1] A dummy skeleton.
2] A rubber mask that is supposed to look like MJ.
3] An “expert” that will explain everything to the illiterate viewer.
4] Lies. [This is the most important part]
The headline reads: “Who broke MJs nose?”
I told you. They can go to the depths of humiliation to prove their “point”.
Skeleton, rubber mask, and the “expert” holding the mask. Unfortunately, I do not have audio, else I would have included the “Lies” part also! [Note that my TV is muted :)]
The headline reads: “MJs nose disappears”
Headline: “Where did MJs nose go?”
Please stop laughing =)) There was another headline that read, “Who stole MJs nose?”. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a snap of that!
The caption on the picture reads: “Nose disappears”.
All this is just a part of the post mortem report. :D
Then came the memorial. They showed the entire proceedings well, with less breaks in between, showing some respect. Or maybe just TRPs!
A day after MJs memorial, they came up with some more “Breaking” news. “Breaking News” rocks!
From this news report that they aired, I came to know that these Hindi News channels know that they show CRAPPY news, and they know people aren’t stupid to buy it.
I know it because, the news anchor standing and delivering news was saying, “Ye hamare news channel ki news report nahi hai, ye news Antarashtriya news channels bhi bata rahe hain” [This news report is not made up by our network, but news channels across the US are reporting it].
This time, it was about MJs memorial, and the fact that his body was not in the coffin during that period.
Big deal!
Headline reads: “Where DID MJs dead body go?”
They sensationalize EVERYTHING.
Look at their animation. Hilarious.
1] Coffin with body.
As you can see, the news anchor is pointing his hand towards the “amazing” animation of the dead body in the coffin, alerting the “illiterate” viewer what the picture shows. [We know what a body in a coffin looks like dummy :@]
2] Coffin without body.
OMG It’s GONE! Shit! Crap! The animation looks SOOOO real! Damn!
:(
The pictures below show how the media thinks we are fools. I love the pointy arrow thingy!
The caption reads: "MJs coffin". [Sheet! I thought it was a n alien, hidden beneath a bed or roses, and escorted by the FBI!]
Look! The coffin IS the car!
Someone should step up to revive Indian media. Someone should start a movement. I say “someone” because I don’t want it to stop :P.
I have snapped like a million pictures from different news channels. At first I thought that I’ll blog about all of them! But there are so many! I get bored :(
The whole point of this post is nothing :P
I just feel SAD for all the people who actually BELIEVE all the crap that these news channels show!
Spreading urban legends, even trying to prove them true.
Crappy news is followed by more crappy news. It just WON’T end.
Swami Ramdev is going to court to protest against Section 377. Dude, grow up. There are more important things in life. Fight against the “andha-vishwas” that these channels spread. Throwing babies, walking all over them, will NOT cure them. It will kill them. A girl married to a dog isn’t news. Female feticide, sati, dowry still exist in society. Report them! Alert people! Let them know!
The only hindi news channel that seems to make sense is DD News. [Not sarcastic]. Please correct me if I’m wrong :).
