And the news at this hour ...
So now the judiciary is trying to break the back of the strike. They're citing concerns for the patients as their reason. What they don't realize is that the faculty in most med colleges are working overtime and extra hard to ensure that no patient who needs emergency care suffers. What they don't realize is that the doctors are themselves plagued by the same concerns and we're all just waiting for a fair decision so this can all end.
And besides, since when did giving up of the right to dissent become an occupational hazard?
And continuing besides, if doctors are answerable to the common man, what about the bloody government?
There, vented.
The funny thing about 24/7 news channels is the meaningless echolalia that goes on.
Snotty news anchor: We have just received breaking news that the strike is on. We are now going to take you to our correspondent who will tell us more about it. Hyperexcitable correspondent, we have just heard that the strike is on, can you tell us more about it?
Hyperexcitable correspondent: Thank you, snotty news anchor. Yes, we have just spoken to a lot of people and it is clear that the strike is still on. We'll now talk to a student guy who will tell us more. Student guy, is it true that the strike is still on?
Student guy: The strike is still on.
Hyperexcitable correspondent: As you can see, snotty news anchor, we have just spoken to student guy who has told us that the strike is still on. Back to you.
Snotty news anchor: We have just spoken to hyperexcitable correspondent who has just spoken to student guy who has confirmed that the strike is still on. Now we will speak to ...
In other news, the President returned the Office of Profit Bill and has once again redeemed my faith in him. But thanks to our wonderful, brilliantly crafted constitution, 'it dont matter'.
In still other news, Himesh Reshammiya's (a beautifully talented singer whose songs make you want to scream and kill the radio in a fit of passion) songs seem to cause unsuspecting youth in a remote village in Vadodara, to become possessed and behave in truly bizzare fashion, in Paheli style.
Thank God, they put news like that in prime time news hour, where else will we get our laughs.
And besides, since when did giving up of the right to dissent become an occupational hazard?
And continuing besides, if doctors are answerable to the common man, what about the bloody government?
There, vented.
The funny thing about 24/7 news channels is the meaningless echolalia that goes on.
Snotty news anchor: We have just received breaking news that the strike is on. We are now going to take you to our correspondent who will tell us more about it. Hyperexcitable correspondent, we have just heard that the strike is on, can you tell us more about it?
Hyperexcitable correspondent: Thank you, snotty news anchor. Yes, we have just spoken to a lot of people and it is clear that the strike is still on. We'll now talk to a student guy who will tell us more. Student guy, is it true that the strike is still on?
Student guy: The strike is still on.
Hyperexcitable correspondent: As you can see, snotty news anchor, we have just spoken to student guy who has told us that the strike is still on. Back to you.
Snotty news anchor: We have just spoken to hyperexcitable correspondent who has just spoken to student guy who has confirmed that the strike is still on. Now we will speak to ...
In other news, the President returned the Office of Profit Bill and has once again redeemed my faith in him. But thanks to our wonderful, brilliantly crafted constitution, 'it dont matter'.
In still other news, Himesh Reshammiya's (a beautifully talented singer whose songs make you want to scream and kill the radio in a fit of passion) songs seem to cause unsuspecting youth in a remote village in Vadodara, to become possessed and behave in truly bizzare fashion, in Paheli style.
Thank God, they put news like that in prime time news hour, where else will we get our laughs.
posted by QnB @ 11:52 AM
5 Comments:
At 4:59 AM,
Anonymous said…
Pity be, on the goddamn shoddy news reporters...for they know not what they are doing.
Or do they??
At 8:50 PM,
Anonymous said…
its quite a take, a real good one. esp after all of us r so used to keeping our curious eyes glued to the tv .
but hey, the discussions r not bad n i'm talkin of some good channels which have some exceptionally good anchors. what u criicize is an obvious corollary to the news channels being 24x7. wot do u say , was it a mistake to make news a 24hr show??
At 6:44 PM,
QnB said…
ahh geets, profoundly witty as usual.
At 6:47 PM,
QnB said…
abhimanyu, if you've been watching how the news channels are covering rahul mahajan's 'drug habits' ...
i definitely am against 24/7 channels. but look at the alternative- a state-run dd news whcih i think was screening a mango festival when mumbai's med students were getting beaten up.
At 2:26 PM,
Anonymous said…
any doubts that it was a state sponsored pogrom sorts ? it had to be so. u know what the police force itself has a lot of beneficieries of quota n they feel it to be a sacred duty to lash at the ppl protesting against them.
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