Breaking News

Breaking News is the new mantra for the electronic media. One would always find "Breaking News " on the bottom half of the screen on any news channel . The Indian media has almost forgotten how to classify what is important and what is not . Very often trivial issues are highlighted as breaking news and makes a mockery of Journalism .

The recent live coverage of the terrorist attacks at Mumbai was a challenge for all the media personalities as they had to cover it for more than 60 hours . Most of the channels provided their best coverage with their anchors and camera crew spending long hours out in the open braving the weather and also the possibility of stray bullets and grenade attacks hitting them . The picture above shows an army of media men and women with their cameras , booms and outdoor broadcasting vans in the background beaming out live pictures of the terrorist attack at the Taj Mahal Hotel. They maintained a vigil through out the 60 hours till the saga ended . It was a good job done by them .

However it also had a negative side to it as they were instigating personalities of different walks of life to make their comments on the drastic attack and the failure of the security agencies to prevent the attack on the commercial capital of India . Some of the personalities were very biased and vocal as usual in their opinion . One is often led to believe that they are also part of the media as they are the only people who are seen on different talk shows .

The media is often under fire for glorifying events and causing unwanted controversies . Be it a murder , a terrorist attack , a natural calamity or a catastrophe the media just blows it out of proportion . The media needs to be more sensitive to issues and also not highlight issues over and over to increase the TRP of their respective channels. It is time that both the electronic and print media act more responsibly and report more sensibly .

So let us have some genuine news with national importance appear under Breaking News.