Hyperbole rules

IN Media Watch Briefs | 06/09/2011

"Game Changer" and "Grandstanding" are much used TV terms ever since the Anna agitation.With Rahul Gandhi describing his idea of a Constitutional body in the form of Lok Pal as a 'game changer", it has become a seized upon phrase. A reporter on one of the channels was standing in Dhaka and describing the impending talks between Manmohan Singh and Sheikh Hasina as a "game changer" ! Will the media learn to value processes rather than search for bombastic outcomes?

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