Arnab's Republic a reflection of what India has become- noisy and chaotic

[Hulk]

Arnab's Republic a reflection of what India has become- noisy and chaotic
Republic TV is about Arnab Goswami multiplied 24 by 7


Arnab Goswami's new venture is called 'Republic' and it's launching on 26 JanuaryDecoding the fuss over Arnab Goswami's Republic TVArnab Goswami's Republic first Indian news channel to air live on HotstarArnab Goswami gets candid: Was not even allowed to enter Times Now studioWhat's the fuss about Arnab Goswami's Republic TV, which went live today?


Arnab Goswami’s new English news channel Republic TV is bang on target. It is very much a reflection of what India has become – a noisy, chaotic place where coherent debate without shouting, screaming and name-calling is impossible.

For someone who has not watched Indian news channels for over two years now, the first hour of watching a show on Republic TV on Sunday night was frazzling. I just couldn’t figure out what the issue was, who the people were and what they were fighting about. There were five panellists on a show that was wrongly titled 'The Sunday Debate'. It was not a debate. It was a one-sided haranguing of the panellists by Republic TV’s biggest shareholder and editor-in-chief, the inimitable Arnab Goswami. Not that the panellists were bothered – they were all shouting at the same time trying to get their point across. It was something to do with accusations of corruption against Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal. But mid-way Goswami asked one panellist, “Where are the pseudo secularists, where is the Lutyens media?”

More than a month back I had asked Goswami, who is more charming in person than on TV, why he harangues his guests so much? Why is his journalism so polarising? “I think of it as raising issues that need to be raised and in the process polarisation happens,” he said. He pointed to a Times Now campaign for Right to Pray on women’s right to enter religious places early in 2016. It led, in part, to a Mumbai high court judgement that stated that it is a woman’s fundamental right. Goswami was then the editorial head of Times Now, a channel he came to define with his blustering style.

“Our media is obsessed with party politics while these issues were relegated to back of the book features. I look back and say what impact have I had on society, not on ratings. Why did I go after Suresh Kalmadi and CWG, after the 2G scam, after Lalit(Modi)gate? Do we really have serious investigative journalism happening in India? Why is there no activist journalism?” He added that“I will do the journalism I like because people like my journalism. There is a want/desire for this kind of news. Lutyens media should go into deep introspection. It is not connected with the rest of India, metaphorically and literally.”

Lutyens is an area in Delhi designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens. It is the administrative heart of India with the Rashtrapati Bhavan, prime minister’s house, Parliament and other key buildings. It ‘Lutyens’has over the years become a euphemism for elitism. It is a word Goswami seems to be obsessed with. He mentioned it several times in the over 60 minute long interview I had with him late in March. “I want to de-Lutyenise media. These are a group of people who exist only for themselves; they are easily influenced and have done nothing to get new young journalists in,” said Goswami.

However, shorn of all the posturing, the fact is Goswami has discovered something. His editorial philosophy has clearly touched a chord and found an audience in middle class India. It explains why Times Now became the number one English news channel and stayed true to his blustering style even after Goswami left. It also explains why almost every news channel in India presents loud, judgemental reporting and anchoring as reporting of news. That is the power of Goswami.

There is one big catch though. Times Now made money as a part of one of India’s largest media group. How ARG Outlier Media, which launched Republic TV, will do is a question for now. It joins over 390 odd news channels fighting for a measly Rs 3,500 crore ad pie in the world’s most overserved news market. Of this English news TV is a minuscule part. It reached an average of 4 million people every day compared to say 117 million people that Hindi news reached in 2016, going by Broadcast Audience Research Council data.Advertisers spent an estimated Rs 700 crore reaching those 4 million people. This tiny market has ten serious players with Times Now, CNBC-News18 and India Today TV in the lead.

ARG has raised about Rs 150-200 crore. A senior news broadcasting person estimates Republic TV’s capital cost at Rs 50-75 crore and operating costs in the first year at Rs 50-60 crore. It has to hit the top spot in the shortest possible time if it wants advertiser attention and to break even.

Brace then for a lot more shouting and screaming as it tries to get there.

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...-become-noisy-and-chaotic-117050800471_1.html

The Aaptard, I remember you. I have no respect for Aaptard.

 

[The_Showstopper]

The Aaptard, I remember you. I have no respect for Aaptard.

Ok Chaddi, I heard you the first time. Now move on

 

[Fledgingwings]

Yeah he is back

Sooooo ! this comedian is gone political now? what a loser!!!!

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

I don't understand how people can shout so loudly without being in a fight.

If you shout like that at someone on the street you're going to get your skull fractured.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Arnab's Republic a reflection of what India has become- noisy and chaotic
Republic TV is about Arnab Goswami multiplied 24 by 7


Arnab Goswami's new venture is called 'Republic' and it's launching on 26 JanuaryDecoding the fuss over Arnab Goswami's Republic TVArnab Goswami's Republic first Indian news channel to air live on HotstarArnab Goswami gets candid: Was not even allowed to enter Times Now studioWhat's the fuss about Arnab Goswami's Republic TV, which went live today?


Arnab Goswami’s new English news channel Republic TV is bang on target. It is very much a reflection of what India has become – a noisy, chaotic place where coherent debate without shouting, screaming and name-calling is impossible.

For someone who has not watched Indian news channels for over two years now, the first hour of watching a show on Republic TV on Sunday night was frazzling. I just couldn’t figure out what the issue was, who the people were and what they were fighting about. There were five panellists on a show that was wrongly titled 'The Sunday Debate'. It was not a debate. It was a one-sided haranguing of the panellists by Republic TV’s biggest shareholder and editor-in-chief, the inimitable Arnab Goswami. Not that the panellists were bothered – they were all shouting at the same time trying to get their point across. It was something to do with accusations of corruption against Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal. But mid-way Goswami asked one panellist, “Where are the pseudo secularists, where is the Lutyens media?”

More than a month back I had asked Goswami, who is more charming in person than on TV, why he harangues his guests so much? Why is his journalism so polarising? “I think of it as raising issues that need to be raised and in the process polarisation happens,” he said. He pointed to a Times Now campaign for Right to Pray on women’s right to enter religious places early in 2016. It led, in part, to a Mumbai high court judgement that stated that it is a woman’s fundamental right. Goswami was then the editorial head of Times Now, a channel he came to define with his blustering style.

“Our media is obsessed with party politics while these issues were relegated to back of the book features. I look back and say what impact have I had on society, not on ratings. Why did I go after Suresh Kalmadi and CWG, after the 2G scam, after Lalit(Modi)gate? Do we really have serious investigative journalism happening in India? Why is there no activist journalism?” He added that“I will do the journalism I like because people like my journalism. There is a want/desire for this kind of news. Lutyens media should go into deep introspection. It is not connected with the rest of India, metaphorically and literally.”

Lutyens is an area in Delhi designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens. It is the administrative heart of India with the Rashtrapati Bhavan, prime minister’s house, Parliament and other key buildings. It ‘Lutyens’has over the years become a euphemism for elitism. It is a word Goswami seems to be obsessed with. He mentioned it several times in the over 60 minute long interview I had with him late in March. “I want to de-Lutyenise media. These are a group of people who exist only for themselves; they are easily influenced and have done nothing to get new young journalists in,” said Goswami.

However, shorn of all the posturing, the fact is Goswami has discovered something. His editorial philosophy has clearly touched a chord and found an audience in middle class India. It explains why Times Now became the number one English news channel and stayed true to his blustering style even after Goswami left. It also explains why almost every news channel in India presents loud, judgemental reporting and anchoring as reporting of news. That is the power of Goswami.

There is one big catch though. Times Now made money as a part of one of India’s largest media group. How ARG Outlier Media, which launched Republic TV, will do is a question for now. It joins over 390 odd news channels fighting for a measly Rs 3,500 crore ad pie in the world’s most overserved news market. Of this English news TV is a minuscule part. It reached an average of 4 million people every day compared to say 117 million people that Hindi news reached in 2016, going by Broadcast Audience Research Council data.Advertisers spent an estimated Rs 700 crore reaching those 4 million people. This tiny market has ten serious players with Times Now, CNBC-News18 and India Today TV in the lead.

ARG has raised about Rs 150-200 crore. A senior news broadcasting person estimates Republic TV’s capital cost at Rs 50-75 crore and operating costs in the first year at Rs 50-60 crore. It has to hit the top spot in the shortest possible time if it wants advertiser attention and to break even.

Brace then for a lot more shouting and screaming as it tries to get there.

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...-become-noisy-and-chaotic-117050800471_1.html

India has always been noisy and chaotic.

Internet ads are a reflection of your web browsing habits.

The Aaptard, I remember you. I have no respect for Aaptard.

He is not an Aaptard.

 

[The_Showstopper]

He is not an Aaptard.

Why not complete your answer? Why leave him in dilemma?

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Why not complete your answer? Why leave him in dilemma?

I think he knows you are a Muslim in the truest sense of the term.

 

[The_Showstopper]

I think he knows you are a Muslim in the truest sense of the term.

You can help him in case he falters in understanding my true self

 

[Jackdaws]

Pakistan's Migraine. India's nausea.

He is not a journalist. He does have a good team which does dig up some good stories. It's ok if a political party has a mouthpiece - there is Sun TV and Jaya TV too. The problem is that he is an idiot and doesn't let others speak. Defeats the whole point of journalism.

 

[desiHindu]

The Aaptard, I remember you. I have no respect for Aaptard.

AAPtards are hopeless. How can some one look at Kejriwal and still keep a straight face and support that party?!

And we as a civilization are moving towards Dharma in India. This is despite BJP not because of it. They are just as useful/useless in the grand scheme of things.

Well said. People often confuse cause & effect.
Hindus are using BJP to get their view propagated. If BJP benefits, so be it.
If some other party comes up and does more for our way of life and thinking, we will throw BJP out and vote for them.

 

[jetray]

Arnab's Republic a reflection of what India has become- noisy and chaotic
Republic TV is about Arnab Goswami multiplied 24 by 7


Arnab Goswami's new venture is called 'Republic' and it's launching on 26 JanuaryDecoding the fuss over Arnab Goswami's Republic TVArnab Goswami's Republic first Indian news channel to air live on HotstarArnab Goswami gets candid: Was not even allowed to enter Times Now studioWhat's the fuss about Arnab Goswami's Republic TV, which went live today?


Arnab Goswami’s new English news channel Republic TV is bang on target. It is very much a reflection of what India has become – a noisy, chaotic place where coherent debate without shouting, screaming and name-calling is impossible.

For someone who has not watched Indian news channels for over two years now, the first hour of watching a show on Republic TV on Sunday night was frazzling. I just couldn’t figure out what the issue was, who the people were and what they were fighting about. There were five panellists on a show that was wrongly titled 'The Sunday Debate'. It was not a debate. It was a one-sided haranguing of the panellists by Republic TV’s biggest shareholder and editor-in-chief, the inimitable Arnab Goswami. Not that the panellists were bothered – they were all shouting at the same time trying to get their point across. It was something to do with accusations of corruption against Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal. But mid-way Goswami asked one panellist, “Where are the pseudo secularists, where is the Lutyens media?”

More than a month back I had asked Goswami, who is more charming in person than on TV, why he harangues his guests so much? Why is his journalism so polarising? “I think of it as raising issues that need to be raised and in the process polarisation happens,” he said. He pointed to a Times Now campaign for Right to Pray on women’s right to enter religious places early in 2016. It led, in part, to a Mumbai high court judgement that stated that it is a woman’s fundamental right. Goswami was then the editorial head of Times Now, a channel he came to define with his blustering style.

“Our media is obsessed with party politics while these issues were relegated to back of the book features. I look back and say what impact have I had on society, not on ratings. Why did I go after Suresh Kalmadi and CWG, after the 2G scam, after Lalit(Modi)gate? Do we really have serious investigative journalism happening in India? Why is there no activist journalism?” He added that“I will do the journalism I like because people like my journalism. There is a want/desire for this kind of news. Lutyens media should go into deep introspection. It is not connected with the rest of India, metaphorically and literally.”

Lutyens is an area in Delhi designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens. It is the administrative heart of India with the Rashtrapati Bhavan, prime minister’s house, Parliament and other key buildings. It ‘Lutyens’has over the years become a euphemism for elitism. It is a word Goswami seems to be obsessed with. He mentioned it several times in the over 60 minute long interview I had with him late in March. “I want to de-Lutyenise media. These are a group of people who exist only for themselves; they are easily influenced and have done nothing to get new young journalists in,” said Goswami.

However, shorn of all the posturing, the fact is Goswami has discovered something. His editorial philosophy has clearly touched a chord and found an audience in middle class India. It explains why Times Now became the number one English news channel and stayed true to his blustering style even after Goswami left. It also explains why almost every news channel in India presents loud, judgemental reporting and anchoring as reporting of news. That is the power of Goswami.

There is one big catch though. Times Now made money as a part of one of India’s largest media group. How ARG Outlier Media, which launched Republic TV, will do is a question for now. It joins over 390 odd news channels fighting for a measly Rs 3,500 crore ad pie in the world’s most overserved news market. Of this English news TV is a minuscule part. It reached an average of 4 million people every day compared to say 117 million people that Hindi news reached in 2016, going by Broadcast Audience Research Council data.Advertisers spent an estimated Rs 700 crore reaching those 4 million people. This tiny market has ten serious players with Times Now, CNBC-News18 and India Today TV in the lead.

ARG has raised about Rs 150-200 crore. A senior news broadcasting person estimates Republic TV’s capital cost at Rs 50-75 crore and operating costs in the first year at Rs 50-60 crore. It has to hit the top spot in the shortest possible time if it wants advertiser attention and to break even.

Brace then for a lot more shouting and screaming as it tries to get there.

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...-become-noisy-and-chaotic-117050800471_1.html

Nothing is perfect, you take what you want and leave the rest of it.

 

[The_Showstopper]

Exactly. Not my logic. I am extrapolating your logic (which I agree with). Which is what I have been telling from Day ONE. Muslims have been destroying idols and 'buts' since the very inception of Islam. I just want people to understand this Truth that you laid bare and accept reality.

Dharma and Islam are incompatible. In fact exact opposites of each other.

And we as a civilization are moving towards Dharma in India. This is despite BJP not because of it. They are just as useful/useless in the grand scheme of things.

Indeed your logic, you were the one who started out with this. Why cherry pick now? Well if Indian hindus are being tolerant towards Islamic prayer call of "There is no god except the One God" then aren't Indian muslims being tolerant to hindu worship of idols. So both are being tolerant to each other, its another thing that you wish to end this tolerance but rest easy. This country and its people survived despite your lot's hate filled bigotry and will continue to do so in future.

True. So when non Muslims hate you back, please don't cry. Accept the reality that your ideology is a polar opposite to ours and your faith reduces us to sub par citizens. Plus, we carry the burden of past experiences which are not too comforting for us non Muslims. Bottomline - there is not love lost between us. That is the harsh reality.

*By you I don't mean 'Indian Muslims' in general. Just true Muslims who follow Islam. Most Indian Muslims engage in shirk almost on a daily basis, indulge in haram acts etc just like any non Muslim in India. My concern is the ideology, not the people so much.

You mean Hindutvas hate us back? Indeed Hindutva ideology is indeed opposite to secular ideology. I agree and in the very own words of your Guruji, your lot considers minorities as sub-par citizens.

The "foreign elements'' (Christians and Muslims) may "live at the mercy'' of the "national race (Aryan Hindus) as long as the national race may allow them to do so and to quit the country at the sweet will of the national race. That is the only sound view on the minorities' problem. That is the only logical and correct solution.

Source: The Hindu : Golwalkar and the BJP

May be Guruji forgot to mention the "Sickulars" among Hindus will be a road block for you but you are smart enough to understand that they should also be shown their place.

 

[Hulk]

There was a time when Arnab was neutral. Now he is BJP cheer leader

I hope he does not become one, it is important that he raises issues against BJP as well. Right now, I am blaming them for the situation in Kashmir. They should be asked questions on Kashmir.

Ok Chaddi, I heard you the first time. Now move on

Chaddi thing is funny, thanks. I have nothing to do with Chaddis. I dislike Aaptards because they killed Kejriwal. They said yes sir to everything he said and he lost his sense. He had a serious chance of being PM but now max he can be CM of a decent state.

India has always been noisy and chaotic.


Internet ads are a reflection of your web browsing habits.


He is not an Aaptard.

I will be happy if he is not one.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Height of obsession with Pakistan. Indians can't even sell even a shitty journalist (if he can be called that, my apologies to all real journalists) without "Pakistan". That is your worth, bhartio.

Yeah he is back

 

[Soumitra]

The "liberals" never learn

They kept on demonizing Modi and his support base grew so much that he became the PM. Still they keep on doing it and the result is win after win in elections

Same with Arnab and Republic. It is the "Liberal" journalists who keep on shouting and giving him promotion. They are writing articles and blogs left right and center and giving free publicity to Arnab. More than Republic promoting itself it is these "Liberal" channels and journalists who are promoting the channel.

Good for us. More they hate it more Republic's support will grow. As the TRPs will grow they will write more articles and the TRPs will increase leading to a vicious cycle.

More power to the Liberals

When will they realise that had they ignored him completely maybe he would not have been this popular. Now what is happening is that when BJP supporters see "Liberal" journalist opposing Arnab they are tuning in greater numbers to see his channel