Yellow Journalism is a mutated division of Journalism that goes against the key principles of reporting as an unbiased and objective tool for conveying the news. Yellow Journalism is “journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create

The word Sting itself has a negative connotation. A wound that doesn’t really hurt, yet doesn’t leave one feeling happy. Its source is hard to find but harder is to find its cure! To sum up, I loathe stings of any kind especially the cheap vulgar tactics used by our suddenly overactive television media, to stand out in the overcrowded television industry.

In the contemporary world, with the advancements in the spheres of science & technology, media has become an inseparable necessity of our being. It plays a key role in the overall strengthening of the fabric of a responsible & vigilant society; it transcends all the barriers of caste, creed, colour, region and religion. It has indeed become an indispensable tool...

Bedlam ensued and millions watched the leaders of their country fight it out on the national front like wild animals on the loose. Chaos reigned, and after a lot of stone pelting and alleged horse trading the UPA emerged victorious: the July 22nd parliamentary debate was no less than a spectacle.

Where are our Hindi news channels heading? More importantly, where are they leading their viewers? This is not an analysis of their work and their possible future. The quality of news on Hindi news channels is sub-standard and unbearable after the relatively qualitative and intellectually stimulating news and analysis provided on an English news channel. On a particular...

1. I read an article carried by The (Indian) Express and you referred to yourself as a comisist. Please elaborate. Sarnath: Good Lord!! That was like..there was a time when Genghis Khan was still around. No, Ive grown since from all that adolescent behavior of trying to name myself. It was absolutely difficult to kind of explain what I do to people at that point...

How Reliable Is Our Media? It’s official! Smt. Pratibha Patil is the first woman president of India. Simple. But politics unfortunately is hardly about being a ‘mere’ people’s representative. It is never that simple. A complex web of intertwined motives and strategies, it is difficult for any politician to come out clean, what with endless media diggings and...