Mahaa News hits back at critics

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/03/2018

In a programe titled "Mahaa News responsible for true journalism" the channel criticised widely for its reporter-in-a-bathtub coverage has hit back at arrogant urban critics who do not understand the need to explain the use of a bath tub and how Sridevi may have lost her life, to millions of her rural fans. It said it had raised questions about the drowning theory for their benefit. The anchor said that unlike all the other snooty journalists, Only Arnab Goswami understood the value of their angle. "We will do our real journalism, don't watch if you don't like what we do," was the summary of the channel's aggressive rant.

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