Last week tonight in the News Hour!

Anyone will be intrigued reading at this title of the  post that i'm writing now. The most powerful weapon present in the Human mind called curiosity will be banging your heads asking and wanting to know what this really means " Last week tonight in the News hour" .. What could it mean ? People who follow the American Media would definitely know the Fox news , CNN etc. they are the oldies of the American news shows but for sometime now they are not watched as much as this show called " Last week Tonight with John Oliver" , this is hosted by the very famous John Oliver. The most watched American news show EVER! Ok, so where is this News Hour coming from ? This is known by most of us, the most watched and the most hated news show in India, The News Hour with Mr Arnab Goswami.. Yes, this is definitely the comparison of the Indian Media with the American Media. I'm not going to pin point ( as my dad asked me not to ) about anyone but would like to show what and how we are lacking from the media, as today media plays a very important role in our daily lives.

So, The popularity and fame of this news show called Last week Tonight is neither because of constant debates nor allowing two opposition party spokesperson to take a dig on their rival party. The formula is simple, One man takes out the most important news of that week , talks about it , sarcasm is the special ingredient and also tries to beat some sense in the viewers. When America faced the Net Neutrality problem like us, this show had caught the attention of all the people in america making them support  for the Net neutrality, which eventually got done. Not only this, many other problems faced had been spoken about and made people think! Most importantly they use media as a tool to give people the correct and the accurate piece of Information. So, the Times now viewers might think isn't this the same thing that the News Hour is giving us? No, absolutely not! Times Now as a whole has gained the popularity for the wrong reasons and indirectly achieving this amazing viewership and that should not be the case! I agree that the topics they bring in and debate about are worth talking or debating about but is that called a debate? In my dictionary that is called shouting and screaming , to all my school teachers who kept saying that the class is like fish market, Ma'am you must watch this show cause this is the ACTUAL fish market!Maximum 8 people are called to talk for an hour!! So, mathematically speaking 8 people can talk for 60 mins so a person gets to talk roughly for 8 minutes but that is mathematically speaking! Practically they get less than 4 minutes so who is gobbling the time? Yes, it is the presenter ! I can't blame him! Cause if you have been in a fish market you would know how tough it is for them to sell, the people are continuously talking not allowing the rest to buy or bargain! Even though it is a bit tough he being the Mr News should be able to handle and give time or at least allow them to talk about it and make a point or opinion. So, in this way the information that should be given to the people is not given and all that anyone can hear would be screams! Mind you, this show does not lack humor! Does not mean that Mr Goswami has the sense of humor but the way the show goes and how people are taking a dig on each other makes it funny(at least i laugh a lot) Let's leave Times Now, CNN is another news channel and i feel they are not there to give the news about things that happen in India and in the world but are there to give us the movies reviews and the celebrity parties and the award shows, the book functions and all the unwanted gala and media extravaganza ! Common, CNN IBN, you can give some news also sometimes! CNN is also the reason why people watch Times now , common at least there is some news being shown! Then there is NDTV, trust me this the best among the lot! There is more news, less gala and parties also no shouting! Now, why isn't this the most watched? Cause they lack something called presentation skills! Now revisit your school/college days, there is always this teacher who knows a lot of technical stuff and are the best at it but he/she who will never be able to catch the students attention cause they do not connect with the students.. this is exactly the NDTV! They have the stuff but they cannot connect with the people of India! We need some drama, some action ,some fun , some romance .. ok no romance i forgot we live in a country where there is RSS ( i can take a dig too, its fun! ) There are so many news channels and shows in India but i have spoken only about these three cause they are the most watched "English" News channels in India.. I'm not taking a dig. I'm not blaming them .. I'm just trying to show you that if these three unite their skills then there is Action from Times Now, fun and drama from CNN and the actual real news from NDTV.. suprising fact is that, Mr Rajdeep( ex- CNN), Mr Arnab(Times Now) and Mrs. Dutt (NDTV) were all working for Mr Prannoy Roy(NDTV) .. So, Now back to the topic , you can ask where is the comparison with the American media and that was just two lines? I cannot go gaga over it cause you should watch it to know how Mr John Oliver give the news! He talks sense, he has got the best sense of humor, he has got the news and definitely got the viewership, not only in USA but world-wide. I'm not here to say that American media is better than ours, I'm just saying that the people who cannot do anything by themselves, I mean, they need us for everything in their life and if they can do something good with one of the most powerful tool called media then we can do wonders! Common Indian Media, let's make the world look at us as the next big thing, let's make the world envy about how good we are and not like how the Slumdog Millionaire showed us to the world to get a freaking Oscar!

 Together , YES, we can! ;)
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Vibhu