Justifying Sridevi coverage

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/03/2018

On Feb 28 night at prime time on TV 18 there was a discussion on the media's role in covering Sridevi's death. Vir Sanghvi and Dhanya Rajendran said TV channels had sunk to new lows, but Bhupendra Chaubey justified the coverage saying that news television's present revenue model was responsible for it. Meanwhile Smita Pakash of ANI justified 'bathtub coverage' and hearse chasing by saying that the public were hungry for news on the death.

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