Crime beats cricket

IN Media Watch Briefs | 14/06/2008

According to Television Audience Measurement (TAM), news channels scored 9 points for the telecast of the Noida twin murder case as compared to 7.5 points for the IPL match between Mohali and Hyderabad on May 23 - the day Aarushi¿s father was arrested for his alleged role in the murders,  and police put out the theory that he caught his daughter and Hemraj in an "objectionable but not compromising position".

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