Unlike the 24 hour-opened CM’s office or 24x7 call centre, it is not all transparent in channel interview of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. That is why Chandy lost his temper and walked out after being questioned by an anchor of a Malayalam TV channel. There is something rotten in granting adivasi land to Suslon company saying that the company would issue dividend warrant to advasis who lost their land by the encroachment of the company. How could loss-making company issue money to adavasis?
What's more, CM’s walkout is an indication of the undue importance given to channels in Kerala. Channels, of late, have become a nuisance, and they could spoil any reputed school or other establishment by airing false news. The later repentance by the channel for their fault would never become a compensation for the damages done to an institution by the jobless followers of several youth outfits. Political leaders and ministers should keep a distance from channel shows and the model shown by the Opposition Leader VS is praise worthy. Channel should do their job and they are none to take the role of judicial forums. The Ministers should never sit before channel anchors for hours for aggressive questioning. It would create an atmosphere that these channel anchors are the mightiest persons deciding the fate of the State.
The Government departments should stop advertising full pages in dailies and ministers stop appearing for hours in face-to-face channel shows as part of 100 Days Programme as they would yield no good result other than insult.
The fast growing ‘channel industry’ is obviously a potential threat to the peaceful life of common man.
K A Solaman
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