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IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/10/2007

For once one could forgive TV channels for the twist to news. At the ceremony for the Indian cricket team at Wankhede stadium, only the Hindi channels and Times Now, immediately pointed out how the cricket bureaucracy overshadowed the victorious players. Barring captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the players were all relegated to the back row while the babus occupied the front row. The channels were quick to point this out."neta aage, vijeta peeche" Aaj Tak scrolled. "Champion kaun?" "Neta bada ya vijeta" asked Zee News. CNN-IBN woke up late and started running "Cricketers eclipsed at high point of ceremony". NDTV, however, continued to just focus on the awards given.

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