Tasteless joke

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/06/2009

An angry reader writes: Prannoy Roy ended his show on June 18 with the statement - "How many UP policemen does it take to change a light bulb?" Would he crack the same joke if he had interviewed the wives of the four constables who died in the siege? Why is it a joke when they die in UP? This is the message he is sending: if you die taking on terrorists in the corridors of the Taj Hotel with archaic rifles you are a hero. If you die fighting a dacoit in UP with archaic rifles you are a JOKE.

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