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Just News? Or More?

'NEWS IS NOT NEWS ANYMORE' or 'MUCH MORE THAN JUST NEWS' News is assumed to be an objective reportage of facts and events. Is that ever the case? Ideally, never. In every case, views, opinions and thoughts do always get mixed up with news. Of course, that in itself is not a very wrong thing, as long as the news agency keeps in mind that the overall perspective it is taking is truthful, unbiased and for the general good. However, there are many touchy issues that cannot go fully unnoticed; at least in the current method of news coverage in the Indian media. Excessive preoccupation with celebrity life and marriage news, outrageous sting operations breaching all norms of privacy, 24x7 news shows, endlessly repeating the same thing. Do these some how present a distorted picture of what news is, or do they give us a wide palette, letting us choose what we want to see? SMS campaigns and public opinion do get featured on the media, but do they serve any purpose apart from the