{"id":44,"date":"2016-11-19T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/sibhawprandom\/2016\/11\/19\/running-commentaries-and-media-coverage-on-rush-for-cash\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T15:11:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T09:41:21","slug":"running-commentaries-and-media-coverage-on-rush-for-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/2016\/11\/19\/running-commentaries-and-media-coverage-on-rush-for-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Running commentaries and Media Coverage on Rush for Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember the first running commentary I heard of India – West Indies Test series in 1966. Those days it was not just a novelty, but pure magic to be able to follow live, an event taking place thousands of miles away. But these commentaries, then,\u00a0 were reserved mainly for sports events. Today every event or even a non-event is telecast live with tadka or embellishments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyone who is a regular spectator of football, tennis or cricket matches would vouch that watching an event live is so different from watching it on TV. What is a cricket match without the crowd hollering for ‘fours’ and ‘sixes’ in unison or what is a tennis match that doesn’t give you a neck pain following the ball from side to side. There is something very unreal in lying on a couch with a packet of chips watching the players sweat it out.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0I remember the high altitude posts like Siachin where satellite TV had just made its appearance. MTV Grind used to be a popular show among soldiers and officers alike. What can be more unreal than\u00a0 men clad in layers and layers of warm clothing gawking at the almost naked men and women basking in the sun. These soldiers would not have seen any female form clothed or otherwise and exposed parts of their own bodies for months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Seeing the media coverage on the current issues that is how I feel, far removed , disconnected and disoriented. We are subjected to day long tale-commentary on #rushforcash. If some rabble rouser goes hysterical, media personnel are not far behind. Once in a while I go out to the town, to see for myself, the situation on ground. Being from a semi rural town, I can hardly connect the real life situation I see, to the TV news running all day.<\/div>\n

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I think the best coverage from Ground Zero , on the subject was done by Rajdeep Sardesai on India Today. His coverage from various banks followed by his coverage of the Parliament is nicely summed up in his tweet .(hail twitter for the word restriction)\"\"<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Whichever way you throw a fat cat , it always lands on its feet, sometimes crushing some hardworking ants under its feet , further softening the landing. Yeh Hai India. Yeh hai Dunia<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/span>.<\/div>\n

Cartoon : Courtesy: https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StraightLines?src=hash<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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