An interesting Point of View..-- of a print Journalist
COUNTERPOINTS [The screaming 24x7 coverage on TV channels may have put quite a few off. I was one who wondered what's happened to Pranoy Roy & Barkha Dutt. The following came to me from Shukla Sen of Peace Mumbai, as a breather of sorts. So thought of sharing with you- Arunan.] We Can Compete; They Should Not Arnabs and Rajdeeps would wax eloquent on Manmohan Singh and Advani visiting Mumbai separately and not together showing solidarity even at this hour of national crisis. What a farce? Why can't these channels pool together all their camera crew and reporters at this time of national calamity and share the sound and visual bites which could mean a wider and deeper coverage of events with such a huge human resource to command? Why should Arnab and Rajdeep and Barkha keep harping every five minutes that this piece of information was exclusive to their channel, at the time of such a national crisis? Is this the time to promote the channel? If that is valid, the politic...