Not that this is something new or unexpected ... but when you look at the articles and footage and the melodrama created after just one sentence of Zaheer Khan in an interview to a news channel; you are forced to smirk at the desperate measures that media are taking to thrive in today's throat cutting competition ... and reinforces the business strategy of any field ... Give more of what sells rather than what makes sense !!!
Any of you sensible guys out there who must have got a chance to see the interview .. can easily figure out that it was just an innocent sentence which said .."Not really ... I was not tired as such ..." (What do u expect him to answer a question "Were you Tired???" ... do you expect him to say that "Yea .. I was dead tired !!!") ... and voila ... the media got fodder for their cricket gossip ... with headlines "Zaheer contradicts Dravid", "Zaheer takes on Dravid", "Zaheer's disclosure brings more embarrassment for Dravid", "Zaheer's beamer to Dravid", "Zaheers bouncer: I was ready for follow on" ... whereas in the interview Zak also followed up his comment saying that the follow-on was a team decision and he definitely went with the team decision ... never during his interview does one get the feeling that he opposed Dravid's decision of not enforcing the follow on ...
But just imagine what the number of people who wouldn't have seen the interview; will start thinking after reading/seeing all these about ZK as a team man?? Many will think that just one good performance has gone to his head ... Wat repercussions will this have on Zaks and RD's working relationship???
I do understand the competitiveness of today’s media due to which each one trying to come up with something that can lure in audience ... but how I and million others just wish that they would spend the same amount of time, enthusiasm and resources and focus on some REAL news !!!!
P.S: Having said this I would like to duly mention that our media has been doing a lot of nice, extreme and real journalism too .. which has been a triggering force for lot of improvements nation wide ... but just that all of them give more than required footage to such gossips .. which is what gets annoying at times ... you are surfing the news channels to get some news and you are bombarded with BREAKING news like these :-( well ... rather than annoying it makes me sad ...
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I completely agree with you. Its sensational-izing of news. And it's not with cricket, but whatever tit bit of news these channels get to harp on.You can say that its the other side of the coin. And if you notice, this sensationalizing of news is a trait of hindi news channels. English channels are sensible in reporting
while some guys like Rakhi Sawant has had taken good advantage of this.
I had seen the interview of Zaheer. I agree with your views. Media does crosses its line more than often and concludes things the way they want with out bothering abt things that you mentioned like working relationship of ZK and RD which cud lead to poor performance in the upcoming ODI series.
But don't worry people r becomg sensible day by day and knows to what extant they shud believe on Media reports...
Another classic example of Media hype related to the sports (i mean Cricket)is the fight between ICL and BCCI. It seems media is enjoying this battle more than the two party involved. Though both the parties have showen the interest in closing the differences and work together, Media does not seems to accept it and keeps highlighting the issues which BCCI and ICL are trying to overcome.......Thats Really SAD
bhavesh .. i personally dont feel that BCCI is making any attempts to overcome any issues with ICL ... Kapil Dev has been sacked as the NCA chairman .. and all the players signing with ICL have been banned from any form of cricket affiliated to BCCI ...
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