AAJ TAK - they say BADA HI TEJ CHANNEL HAI YE and they are all out to prove it by hook or crook. GOD KNOWS WHERE IT IS HEADING.
Remember the times when there was no Cable TV and everybody was sitting in front of their TV sets waiting for the news on doordarshan. The days when people were waiting for the whole days news. times changed and now we have cable tv tuned in our sets with so many news channel trying to make it big on the small screen. AAJ TAK Is no less.
IN this world of competition aaj tak has comepted so well with other channels that definitely it ought to be number one in following terms
Emotions cannot be the part of the news. Be it a earthquake, some one murdered, some other natural calamity, the news presenter can ask any question to anyone despite the situation. eg Someone is killed and a question is asked to his kin What is the feeling in your home now..as if they are expecting that the family will come out and perform bhangra, there is a train accident and they have got a breaking news in which they are actually more focussed on the countdown of people killed.
In rush of presenting the news first they forget a few things of humanity. An earthquake has struck and they are telling they reached a far flung area before anyone else could reach and they are all out firing missile at govt bodies but dont they feel they have some social duties at such times. Do they ever say that they brought some relief material as they have reached first. this is true with every other channel.
I think in mad rush of making one popular channels sensitize the issues and see viewership ratings out of it. it is their duty to bring news to people. definitely they are considered to be the fourth pillar of democracy but this does not give them the right to play with emotions.
There is a difference between bringing the news in open and making it look like a drama. If they have to stay they have to be close to reality otherwise for them may be KAL HO NA HO.
Merely by winning all the No 1 channel awards and tellin that again n again on their channels does not make it no 1, they should try to use the real power of media.