he monsoon brings with it enough dope and fodder for the news channels. With special monsoon-centric shows to citizen journalist brigades, news channels leave no stone unturned to hook the viewer to their channel for hours together, even if it means showing the same horrific images throughout the day.

In fact, it is learnt that the government is keeping a close watch on these news channels and an official from the State's publicity department stated that strict action will be taken against news channels that fail to abide by this. ... more