WION sings a paean

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/12/2016

One knows that Zee Media, which is owned by media baron and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Chandra, is fond of batting for the ruling party. But what do you say when one of the ads for its global news channel WION turns out to be an over-the-top paean to the government’s demonetisation move? The ad shows a bizarre chain reaction sparked by demonetisation — from currency ban to reduced undeclared wealth to greater spending on infrastructure to a booming stock market… You get the picture. Spectacularly, it finishes off by foretelling the end to global recession. What does this miracle chain of events have to do with WION? That’s not very clear.