news @ 9

If you are an indian I'm sure you must have seen this revolutionary change in the TV news channels. How I feel about this change is a something I would come to later, but there is definitely lot more available in the form of news today than maybe till 2 years back. News media forms a very important feedback loop in any democratic setup. But somehow over the last few months I'm getting this feeling of things getting a bit overboard.
Gone are the days when our national channel Door-darshan used to give "breaking news" only on some national calamity or election results or some really high profile deaths. Today everything is breaking news...starting from Sania Mirza losing one more first round match to Emraan Hashmi saying he will no longer kiss on screen. The "Breaking News" pioneer was Aaj Tak I think 3 years back and they still continue to be the leaders. Their breaking news is pure entertainment. They took the nation by storm with their exclusive on the delhi monkey man a few years back.
But mediocrity apart my real problem lies with the whole system. You watch any news program the anchor will have more to say and will express more opinions than the poor chap who has come all the way to say something. News coverage is not about showing the blast scene 100 times or running a SMS poll whether the government of Maharashtra/BMC has failed or not.The whole idea of providing information is lost and u are given opinions. There is so much negativity which is built towards the government/system.
The selections of news is also something which really bothers me. I understand there are a lot of bad things that are happenning around us, but atleast one postive/inspiring story a day would go a long way.
We have some of the best journalists, and I sincerely hope they help in shaping a better tomorrow raher than showing time and again how hopeless our present is...