Despite being a part of this industry myself, I am being perpetually amazed about how banal and nonsensical the media can get at times. Case in point - the Bombay bomb blasts. The biggest headlines? Various versions of 'terrorist involvement definite in the bombings'. Wonderful! I am glad to know that it was terrorists and not our own defense services, or non-terrorist civillians taking it up as a new hobby. Of course it was terrorists - do we need to be told that?
Another one that never fails to amaze me - reporters standing in front of the wreckage, and telling us that the carriage is totally wrecked, windows are broken, seats are torn apart...c'mon, there was a bomb blast and the carriage was torn apart, so of course the windows broke. We can even see it with our own eyes. It would be newsworthy if the windows did not shatter, because then we would all want to know what kind of glass they used!! Tell us what we dont know - where was the bomb placed, what was the explosive material etc. etc. etc.
D...uh!!!!
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