Why Only Blood And Gore?

The coverage by the Indian news media is increasingly becoming morbid. Children beating up their parents and driving them out of the house; ruffians lynching people on mere grounds of suspicion; communal riots; murders and rapes; political hatred – these seem to be the staple food of the media today.

- Buroshiva Dasgupta

It is not uncommon to find among our friends today who have stopped reading newspapers or have switched off television sets – out of mere frustration. Human violence - and sometimes mental depravity – has become unbearable to read in newspapers. In earlier times, journalists, especially photographers, were taught how not to take a frontal view of dead bodies. Subtlety was a virtue – both in words and visuals. Today, the television and newspapers hit us right in the facewith all the blood and gore. True, facts are facts; they cannot be distorted. But there are many ways of reporting incidents, without making them repulsive for the readers or viewers.