tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post3356580291087000612..comments2024-03-07T08:59:32.598+05:30Comments on My Think Pad: Making news!silverinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-42485690793972245022008-05-09T16:54:00.000+05:302008-05-09T16:54:00.000+05:30Anjali,Nice write up! Keep up the good work! God b...Anjali,<BR/><BR/>Nice write up! Keep up the good work! God bless!<BR/><BR/>Thomas uncleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-8336706588602321712008-05-07T01:42:00.000+05:302008-05-07T01:42:00.000+05:30@silverineI seem to have butchered your name in my...@silverine<BR/><BR/>I seem to have butchered your name in my comment to jacob...apologies. <BR/><BR/>I was just thinking about your last comment - "For a population that labors from 9 to 6, news channels are the only window to the outside world!" It strikes me that there are few discerning TV program in India that will dissect such silly news...there's Munshi, which comes on Asianet, although it abhishekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486440637900771888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-8046274884401892432008-05-06T22:31:00.000+05:302008-05-06T22:31:00.000+05:30Abhishek: Yay! I get a comment from you! :) And pl...Abhishek: Yay! I get a comment from you! :) And pliss to defile my comment section some more! And you are right...Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi is the lesser pain of the two! :)silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-14948767281548304922008-05-06T19:51:00.000+05:302008-05-06T19:51:00.000+05:30The movie you're thinking of is Tomorrow Never Die...The movie you're thinking of is Tomorrow Never Dies.<BR/><BR/>CNN-IBN is absolute **rse-manure....Sorry for defiling your comments section. But I've seen the channel and I couldn't tell the difference between the histrionics on IBN and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. No, I'm wrong. The latter is better.<BR/><BR/>@jacob pc<BR/><BR/>Umm...uhh...I just don't know what to say. Where do you live? I'm abhishekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486440637900771888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-81177937792773466092008-05-06T08:16:00.000+05:302008-05-06T08:16:00.000+05:30Thomas: DD rulez! I have stopped watching the othe...Thomas: DD rulez! I have stopped watching the others. But this program aroused my curiosity with its ominous title! Media sensationalizing issues is an unhealthy trend. <BR/><BR/>Anon: First thing first. Please don’t expect me to believe that you are Jacob PC. You could have done well by leaving an Anon comment. Looks like you are over eager to be taken seriously here. Secondly, if you had read silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-78112289348011887222008-05-06T03:01:00.000+05:302008-05-06T03:01:00.000+05:30though I dont have enough info regarding whats the...though I dont have enough info regarding whats the latest affairs in Karnataka which was just an example to the whole gist of the post i suppose..<BR/><BR/>I would say it has always been like this..for any idea that matter..sensationalisation of a trivial news is the trademark of any news channels that is plain profit motived..be it our popular websites or tabloid newspapers..<BR/><BR/>but i mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-87348198656254650532008-05-06T02:52:00.000+05:302008-05-06T02:52:00.000+05:30Definitely, news channels deserve to be trashed......Definitely, news channels deserve to be trashed....hopefully they are doing themselves in with such irresponsible journalism. <BR/><BR/>i felt so happy to read this on rediff...check it out...more power to new media! <BR/>http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/04slide1.htmJibyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324353796946088382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-54353317372298189312008-05-05T22:14:00.000+05:302008-05-05T22:14:00.000+05:30@ divs - very true, it was an all india hartal. bu...@ divs - very true, it was an all india hartal. but the only state where it was near total was kerala.Mind Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788912357913882065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-50973860690184033402008-05-05T22:13:00.000+05:302008-05-05T22:13:00.000+05:30man..i almost throw up watching Headlines Today th...man..i almost throw up watching Headlines Today these days..its all the time airing some crap about Khali in Bollywood! Gosh! i thought HT was gonna be one sensible channel..but no..its turned out to be one of the pettiest.<BR/><BR/>@ kartik - the hartal on may 2nd was welcome by the jobless keralites. may 1st was labor day, may 2nd was hartal, may 3 and 4 were saturday and sunday. what else Mind Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788912357913882065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-16941379260347540572008-05-05T18:33:00.001+05:302008-05-05T18:33:00.001+05:30Well, I aint qualified really to make a comment. B...Well, I aint qualified really to make a comment. But i would think, cnn-ibn with rajdeep sardesai at the helm, would be the last one to create news to capture audiences. I get a feeling the judgement you've passed abt the channel is very harsh. <BR/>That apart, about the whole idea of a city becoming truly metropolitan in spirit, I think the 'aam janta' is in general not bothered about aliens in freespirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835197858338426051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-69853170329458075502008-05-05T18:33:00.000+05:302008-05-05T18:33:00.000+05:3024*7 news channels have been this way for quite a ...24*7 news channels have been this way for quite a while. Its sad fact I have gotten used to. :) <BR/>Actually news channels are very entertaining in one way. We have our coffee sessions in canteen and laugh our way through the "news" being displayed on the various news channels. Its a fun time-pass now! <BR/><BR/>@karthik, that hartal was an All-India hartal/bandhDivshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02996702232346310307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-5413120315841734522008-05-05T14:44:00.000+05:302008-05-05T14:44:00.000+05:30@jacob pc: Reality always bites. And when I went t...@jacob pc: Reality always bites. And when I went to Trivandrum on leave this time, behold, there isan Hartal on May2nd..weekend recreation??!!!Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957283080236921003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-62802293916672489302008-05-05T11:08:00.000+05:302008-05-05T11:08:00.000+05:30That is too early a conclusion, the issue is only ...That is too early a conclusion, the issue is only put on the backburner, let the elections get over and then we can see, if anybody has really learnt how to handle these things maturely.<BR/>Cable TV operators were the only ones who defied the usual trend, even that was met with stone throwing and vandalism by culture protectors. It is not the general public (9-6 working), who are on the streets Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-2197610611874820672008-05-05T10:23:00.000+05:302008-05-05T10:23:00.000+05:30I agree with you .. exactly same thing happening i...I agree with you .. exactly same thing happening in Maharshtra nad we watch with horror as people become more bounded by land and language boundaries :(Deeptihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945856816130429384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-53468465063831148022008-05-04T23:47:00.000+05:302008-05-04T23:47:00.000+05:30Hello Silverine ,I dont know whether this comment ...Hello Silverine ,I dont know whether this comment will be allowed but still thought should put this up.I saw the programme yesterday and personally thought it was a hog wash.However What CNN IBN did was not very different from what you did in the post http://my-think-pad.blogspot.com/2008/04/exodus.html.<BR/>Sitting in Bangalore with out knowing the realities in Kerala and based on some 5-6 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-3599084822289764672008-05-04T23:35:00.000+05:302008-05-04T23:35:00.000+05:30Bingo!! I just saw the show a few hours ago depict...Bingo!! I just saw the show a few hours ago depicting the north indian-south indian divide in b'lore and all that crap. Few years ago, only the politicians were the rabble rousers; now it's the media, blowing things out of proportion. It's not just cnn-ibn; "times now" and "headlines today" are equally horrible. Just watch these channels for a day, and you will get umpteen posts to write like thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110093064122573431noreply@blogger.com