When television breaks most of the news, when mobile phones send you instant news alerts, when websites are constantly updating news, when there is a good chance that news will soon be allowed on FM radio, what is a newspaper supposed to do? To ask the question in another way: What does a newspaper reader…
Daily Archives: 19 November 2006
‘Repeating bullshit doesn’t make it wisdom’
In times past, Hitler‘s disinformation advisor Goebbles said, “Repeat a lie hundred times and it becomes the truth.” In George Orwell‘s Animal Farm, the sheep keeps on repeating the lie. On the very abrasive Devil’s Advocate, Ram Jethmalani says, “Repeating bullshit doesn’t make it wisdom”. That apart, Karan Thapar‘s interview on CNN-IBN with the fiery…
Vinay Madhav, take a bow
Bangalore’s newspapers do great, lavish packages for Valentine’s Day. They bring out special advertising supplements for New Year. And they mark every other day—“ex”-es day, secretaries day, mother’s day–with some feverish feature or the other. And if it’s some international anniversary like 9/11 or 7/11 we are falling over each other. Wanna guess how many…
Say hello to Harshitha
We are introducing a new column in BVT from tomorrow. It’s called The List. Basically, a top-ten every day of something or the other. (Why we have chosen the top-10 honeymoon spots for the first one, is not for us to ask). Anyway, Harshitha Hegde who brings out the immensely popular Page Four People, called…
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