'Breaking news' is not so breaking!

BREAKING NEWS: Three children born to a woman; the statues of Gods are drinking milk; a boy reborn, recalls his past life and the list accrues with such breaking news.... A time will come when these kinds of news will be flashed on various channels to increase the television rating point (TRP) of the news channels.

Out of 1.12 billion population, our country suffers with the low literacy rate (though the literacy rate rose to 65.38 per cent, people are still unable to read and write efficiently). The people who belong to the group of illiterates are unable to understand their right to information. The electronic media targets them and show programmes, according to their needs.

Moreover, news channels play a major role in misleading these people. A large section of our countrymen, are still superstitious in practice and are easily misled by elites. Thus, news channels overcome the expectations of these people. Many among us watch such news out of anxiety and gradually this anxiety merges with our faith.

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