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PAnjab, Prime Minister and ‘Parshan people‘: what do they have in common? Nothing but he was the news maker of the week.
For the first time in Sidhu Comedy Hour, we don’t know whether to laugh, cry or tear our hair; In another, we are left speechless at the coverage of PM Narendra Modi’s supernatural energy as well as his visit to the US and Central Vista in New Delhi.
As for the ‘Persition Log’, They received much coverage and sympathy from news channel anchors and journalists on Monday for getting stuck in a long traffic jam between Gurugram and the capital, while farmers who called for a Bharat Bandh in support of their demand to repeal last year’s agricultural laws Was. , was dismissed as troublemaker, and caused ‘a great amount of public inconvenience’ (times now) with their ‘blockade’ (News X)
Almost identical visuals of vehicles parked in tight queues behind each other appeared on news channels with almost the same message – ‘Aam Aadmi Bharat Bandh Se Mara Gaya’.CNN News 18),’common man is suffering‘ (Times Now), ‘People Persecution’ (India News), ’30 km jam due to Bharat Bandh’ (zee hindustan)
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Anchors happy with Sidhu’s resignation
Aren’t you sick and tired of the ‘collapse of Congress in Punjab’?India Today)? Why can’t Archana Puran Singh do a great favor to the nation by vacating her post? NS The Kapil Sharma Show (Sony) and allow Navjot Singh Sidhu to regain his rightful place in life – as a human laughing machine? Honestly, we will nominate him for Bharat Ratna – just throw Sidhu out of politics and from news channels.
He has made his laughing stock as ‘Vadra Congress’ republic tv It is mentioned, jokingly, and ‘Gandhi brothers and sisters’ (CNN News 18) over the past few months, to entertain TV news anchors who didn’t even bother to hide their disdain: Navika Kumar’s tongue betrayed her as she uttered a slur – to which she said ‘sorry’ – as she The Gandhi family was ridiculed: ‘Rahul and Sonia were returning from their vacation… when something completely unexpected happened,’ (Times Now).
Well, Navjot Singh Sidhu ‘done it’, that’s what happened. On Tuesday, he sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi resigning from the post of Punjab Congress President. “They have ruined their vacation,” Rahul Kanwal smiled from ear to ear. india today.
Similar jokes and jokes were heard on other channels as he ridiculed the Congress and the Gandhi family for the royal disturbances in Punjab: at times, he used Sidhu’s cricket career to describe the current state of the Congress there. . zee hindustan Claimed to be ‘match fixed’ theCaptain Amarinder Singh said it looked like a ‘Test match’. CNN News 18 India Speaking of Sidhu’s ‘googlies’, never mind that he hardly bowled more than an over in international cricket. india today Caught on ‘Googly’ and ‘Rahul Ka Hit Wicket’.
at other times, it was sidhu Tenure as the king of comedy on TV in use: ‘‘Kong Comedy’ or ‘Comedy of Errors’, offered CNN New 18 India; ‘Announcement of ‘Comedy with Sidhu’ republic tv, Amarinder Singh said this after his ‘I told you’ remark on Sidhu’s resignation, ‘Captain has the last laugh’. The ‘Congress Laughter Show,’ and ‘Great Laughter Series’, had a sarcastic reference to Times Now.
With the Congress’s Punjab unit at a standstill and Amarinder Singh’s rosy prospect of meeting the BJP leadership, if he hasn’t already, it’s likely that theater of the absurd will continue on TV – but who will be laughing all the way to the vote bank. Is.
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channel cheers modi
A surprising thing happened on Monday morning. Even as the Bharat Bandh brought life to a halt in some states, news channels suddenly switched on a very important news flash: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Central Vista construction site on Sunday night . Almost every channel carried the same type of news in which the Prime Minister inspected different aspects of the future Parliament complex.
The information on the channels was also similar: no one knew he was going there (except the video team of course), it was an unannounced trip, it arrived at 8.45 pm on Sunday, hours after returning from a grueling trip to the United States. The anchors lauded it as a testament to his stamina, and how he always worked -‘karma yogi Modi’, how was it? India TV described it.
same evening, ABP News Praised him for his work ethic: he had spent 31 hours on a plane, he had 20 meetings in the US, on his return he had attended a felicitation meeting by the BJP – and he had visited Central Vista. It spoke of his inexhaustible energy, et cetera – similar stories had emerged of the PM’s ability to manage his body clock while traveling long distances The Times of India And Hindustan Times, Monday morning.
These were obvious PR exercises, perhaps necessitated by the general coverage his US trip had received – normal, that is, by his previous standards. Then, there were high-profile meetings and public meetings for NRIs like ‘Howdy Modi’, where he led then-President Donald Trump around the stadium by the hand – and his address in New York’s Central Park at the 2014 Global Citizen Festival Remembered that. ?
It was the spectacle where his talent as a crowd-puller and orator shone through. On the occasion, high-level meetings with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other world leaders were held, but with the exception of the salute, behind closed doors. Not TV friendly.
This left TV journalists, who went out for the Biden-Modi show, with little to report. till date Anjana went out in search of stories by playing Om Kashyap. Some clips of her efforts were displayed on social media: she met a drummer, playing the drums to welcome Modi when he arrived in Washington, only to reveal that he was paid to do so. He also tried to interview Sneha Dubey, an Indian diplomat, only to be shown the door silently. Oops.
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(edited by Prashant)
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