This week we have a look at all of the TV information tamasha across the Supertech twin towers demolition in Noida. TV anchors gave us breathless protection ranging from nearly two days earlier than the precise occasion. They jumped in Audis and Jeeps, acquired into CGI helicopters and gave us countdowns to the blast. Republic TV boasted that they’d 100 cameras to cowl the demolition.

This week additionally had some miserable information in terms of crimes in opposition to ladies. A tragic case of a younger woman, Ankita, set on hearth by her stalker, Shahrukh, hit the headlines. And two comparable instances of teenage women being attacked by ‘jilted lovers’ got here to gentle in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Meanwhile, the most recent NCRB knowledge advised us that crimes in opposition to ladies noticed a rise of 15 % in 2021. Instead of focussing on the problem at hand, Aman Chopra of News18 India used the Jharkhand case to hold ahead his nightly agenda of whipping up communal hatred. Navika Kumar used the case to make comparisons with the outrage over the discharge of Bilkis Bano’s rapists. If there’s something extra shameful than males getting away with committing heinous crimes in opposition to ladies, it’s how the standard suspects amongst TV information anchors cowl many such instances.

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