INDIAN NEWS CHANNELS

They come and go in a flash

Only to be forgotten as trash

Later to be flashed again and again

Increasing viewers unending pains!

Deaths, Rapes, Violence and Political Gimmicks

Are what the channels present as lyrics

Bad, awful, without any substance

There are always topics without any substance

No authorities have any real stance

As trivial issues are given so much importance

Tragedies are sold as hot newsreel

With stupid anchors asking – How do you feel?

Insensitivity and glorifying pains

Have become the rule and mantra for channels’ gains

These news channels have no stopping

One wonders where the world is heading?

Breaking the news is always a break

Through advertisers, channels increase their stake

More than the news there is always a break

With meaningless news, there’s really no take

Crime, Calamities, Catastrophes and Celebrities

Is not all, the channels sell them as news

There are craps like comedy to irritate

With Commercials aplenty, the channels have saturate

Highlighting violence has become the order of the day

Covering celebrities walking to temples “LIVE”, is joke of the day

I often wonders where’s the fourth pillar heading?

As news have become just another commercial products

Gone are the days

When news provided knowledge

And important happenings, all around the world

Today, it has just become the game of TRPs (Television Rating Points)

I strongly feel TRPs stands for

Totally Ridiculing People’s Sentiments

I am sad about the downfall of news

News today, who really cares?

25^th September 2007