So where are all the strident, vociferous TV news anchors when you need them to do unto themselves as they've been doing to others?
Admittedly, they've been doing a great job of snooping around in the corridors of power and unearthing scam after scam, blowing the lid off scandal after scandal and exposing corruption and nepotism in high places. However, the absolute and total black-out of coverage (conspicuous by its sheer absence on what could have been prime-time news) on the nexus between certain media personalities, certain PR agents, certain businessmen and certain politicians over the last week or so is astonishing. Do we have to get our updates on this topic from the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal and the Huffington Post and ... even Wikipedia?
Seems to me that India's free-thinking fourth estate has become an unreal estate -- a murky realm of toxic land-fills, where the truth about prominent news anchors and their shady ties with politicians and businessmen lies buried deep. As deep as the proverbial ostrich might bury its head in the sand when faced with adversity.
And we thought they were here to bring the truth to the people of India because we deserve to know the truth.
What a shame!
