Queering the pitch

IN Media Watch Briefs | 06/02/2012

A media watcher asks--Why should a criminal case involving politicians be treated as politics? And why should the media, especially news TV channels invite politicians from rival parties to comment when the matter is essentially legal? Is it possible that everything has to have a political contour to sustain audience interest by calling each adverse judgement a 'set back' or a 'victory' to a politician? This is helping twist the issues, especially when two hours before Judge Saini of the CBI Court pronounces his judgement, the channels start speculating what if...

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