NEWS CHANNELS - Whats Your Take ??

[naveen_reloaded]

hi all..

today we all know that there are thosands of news channel ...

whts ur take???

do they save our society?? or deem them???

[juggler]

Well they serve as more of entertainment channel now you can watch eery genre of programs on them now

[naveen_reloaded]

wht ??? ^^ do u think dhoni`s hair cut is a news ???

or say cricketers watching OM SHANTI OM a news ??? when many out there suffer and die ???

[juggler]

Thats exaxctly my point...
Instead of serious news they serve things like gossips , stupid horror movies etc............................................... ...............

[SunnyChahal]

News channels nowadays are full of mindless crap!!!
aajtak sabse tez LOL!!!!ROFLMAO!!
the news are like 'Big B ko zukhaam hua' and 'Dhoni ne baal katwe.Now what the hell do we have t odo with that crap.If u cant provide us with some news then pack ur bags and shut ur channel down!!!

[Rahim]

Bottom line is TRP. All the programmes about sadhu baba or Andhvishwaas and astrology stuff really hooks the people and raises the TRP just like Saas-Bahoooo serials do.
The channels are competing to out-do eachother for Stupidity.
Just out of curiosity i watched 2 hours of India TV as it was suggested here about what crap is shown there and believe i waited like Now they will show some News but alas all they showed was Himalayas and sant baba, and I quickly saved myself from going to a Mental asylum and changed to my fav History Channel

[eggman]

Why are they even called News channel.........Their every alternative show is on something Special.....And they've almost ruined the term Breaking News. Breaking news,by definition, is something important enough to stop the current broadcast to show that one. But now-a-days, every Stupid news is a breaking news.Even if something important enough to be a Breaking news happens, I won't be able to care much.The term [i]professionalism [/b] is completely missing in most of the news channel. Hell!!Even most of their lady anchor is UGLY(except a few one!! ). I think Vijay Maalya should open a news channel. He'll be gud at it.

[shashank_re]

According to me NDTV is the best followed by CNN IBN And Times Now.

[Head Banger]

Imho Aaj tak,Zee new s,India tv(lord of uttercrap) should be banned. They mostly show celebrities crap like ash-abhi,horror ****.

[Vishal Gupta]

I don't know what happened to "India TV". Now-a-days they are showing Magic clips of Chris Angel and David Copperfield and asks ppl to call them and tell the reason behind the magic like man walking on water, flying in air, cutting the girl, etc. Just a new way to earn money.

[eggman]

Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

I don't know what happened to "India TV". Now-a-days they are showing Magic clips of Chris Angel and David Copperfield and asks ppl to call them and tell the reason behind the magic like man walking on water, flying in air, cutting the girl, etc. Just a new way to earn money.

And they won't even tell the name of Magician.

[Vishal Gupta]

^^ Exactly. They pretend like they shooted that video and never tell the magician name and try to make it interesting by saying he is "Dev-Purush" and blah blah.

[Orange Juice]

I think India TV is great. After all, its our National Channel. . . .Anf the magician is Shakti Kapoor.......Everything he does is magic

[Choto Cheeta]

NDTV 24x7
CNN IBN
Kolkata TV (Local Station)


Shows some reasonable Stuff... rest all are telecasting Churel ka hamla, Gadha bana ghora type news

[legolas]

IMHO, I see CNN qualified to be the most in bigotry and as a sycophantic surreal organization one could possibly ponder... I am sick of watching this channel bloating with nothing but utter crap (I am in Germany and that is the only English channel, if not English news channel available). OMG, they suck the most by selling and posing hype to irrelevant stories with inadequate insight or proof as idiotic as it could possibly get... ummm... say an unicorn baptism!!

[ThinkFree]

These days DD News seems tobe better than other news channels if you want to see just news

^ +1. DD News is far better for real news,
Aaj Tak, India TV are good entertainment channels

[trublu]

KAAL KAPAAL MAHAKAAL,JAI SHANI MAHARAJ,ACP ARJUN........the list goes on.I mean,WTF? Do you call these crappy stuff NEWS? Few days back I saw a programme on a channel(don't remember,Times Now maybe) which showed the evolution of news telecast in India.It made me think abt. what has become of news channels.

[Quiz_Master]

Originally Posted by trublu

KAAL KAPAAL MAHAKAAL,JAI SHANI MAHARAJ,ACP ARJUN........the list goes on.I mean,WTF? Do you call these crappy stuff NEWS? Few days back I saw a programme on a channel(don't remember,Times Now maybe) which showed the evolution of news telecast in India.It made me think abt. what has become of mews channels.

100% agree... That "Kaal Kapal" is hilarious though....

Thats why I don't watch news anymore,... Now just Discovery and History Channel and sometimes Animax...

[shashank_re]

And you know guys,yesterday there was a show on Headlines Today,in which they were explaining which size condom is best for you!!!!

It cant go worse than this

[utsav]

Dont take tension yaar.watch Tom And Jerry. full entertainment and masti

[trublu]

Originally Posted by shashank_re

And you know guys,yesterday there was a show on Headlines Today,in which they were explaining which size condom is best for you!!!!

It cant go worse than this

lol !!

Originally Posted by utsav

Dont take tension yaar.watch Tom And Jerry. full entertainment and masti

+1.

[Rahim]

Originally Posted by Quiz_Master

Thats why I don't watch news anymore,... Now just Discovery and History Channel and sometimes Animax...

I watch them all the time. These two channels are so like,,,ahhh.... some nashaa, as i can watch them without getting bored

[naveen_reloaded]

change al lnews channel name to cricknews

[neelu09]

Good topic. DDNEWS is best news channel. Not in terms of presentation but gives real news. I dont have cable connection at home but saw aajtak,Ndtv,indiatv on my mobile 4 few days(free trial). These channel show utter bs. On aajtak they had main story that according to astrology saif-kareena will marry soon and have happy married life. On indiatv they said according to astrology saif-kareena will not last long. Next big story was kareena in bikini in tashan. I cant understand. Are bollywood and cricket only thing left in india.

[naveen_reloaded]

yes DD news is the ONLY chaanel... for real good news ... a channel menyt to show NEWS... not some crap like dhoni`s hair cut...

wht is the next news in NDTV/CNN/TIMES ????

breaking news : Dhoni brushes his teeth/ shaves/ p33s`s

aniother chanel worth mentioning here is sun news .. avail to all south indian... they too show relevant important news...

[kumarmohit]

Take it from me guyz, I have been sdtudying journalism for 5-6 years now. Both my bachelors and masters is in journalism and mass communication.

One thing that our teachers told us and we have found in our stay in media is that news reporting in India is run by either advertisers or political parties.

So while Aajtak and India TV are running becoz they have big ads coz of big viewership, NDTV,IBN and the so called decent news channels are running coz they get moolah from their political bosses. Most of these channels and other media does what is called Gotcha Journalism

You do not get news in India what you get is footage and content purchased by someone from channels so that they would be given to you for free. In some cases it may seem explicit in some cases it is more subtle.

If you want news, go listen to AIR or any international news channel. (And no they are not biased against India as the India media would have you believe. Why would the Indian media want their business go out of their hands)

[sachin_kothari]

For news, i rely on internet.
Not that it has all 'NEWS', but atleast i read what i want to.

[lywyre]

DD News/CNN IBN/NDTV 24x7/Times

I used to hate CNN, thought it was the worst. IBN seems to be better though. Dearly missing BBC World. Really loved Reporters, Click, Rough Science, Hard Talk, Top Gear, Asia Today etc. Also one program on Eco Challenge.

[naveen_reloaded]

Originally Posted by kumarmohit

Take it from me guyz, I have been sdtudying journalism for 5-6 years now. Both my bachelors and masters is in journalism and mass communication.

One thing that our teachers told us and we have found in our stay in media is that news reporting in India is run by either advertisers or political parties.

So while Aajtak and India TV are running becoz they have big ads coz of big viewership, NDTV,IBN and the so called decent news channels are running coz they get moolah from their political bosses. Most of these channels and other media does what is called Gotcha Journalism

You do not get news in India what you get is footage and content purchased by someone from channels so that they would be given to you for free. In some cases it may seem explicit in some cases it is more subtle.

If you want news, go listen to AIR or any international news channel. (And no they are not biased against India as the India media would have you believe. Why would the Indian media want their business go out of their hands)

if that is the case then why would they go against olitician so often??
i may be a noob in ur field.. but u say that its run by politician.. that is only makesme wonder...