The media is being kept on its toes now. What with the Fukushima disaster just about setting new standards of what can be called a disaster, totally displacing the media from the scams and the election manifestos, walked in Anna Hazare completely captivating media and websites with his fast for the Lok Pal bill. Very soon it is predicted that they will drift towards the cricket fever. Not even the world cup would have been as much fun we are assured, and the IPL sweeps over us, drowning us in a euphoria of challenges and betting and not even the elections are going to detract the media from this fever.
One struggles weakly to grapple with the speed at which events take over from one another. Is the news then really news or is it just another heavy dose of reality TV? Smaller bits of news like Saibaaba's ill health and the demise of yester year star - Sujatha - really failed to hit the headlines but were rather like small players in a world of big business...