Re: Indian content in our news channels
I don’t know about that, GEO ARY would be of the air if people weren’t watching.
And sure, society and media feed of each other. But even if the Pakistani awam were introduced to this stuff by the present media, it is hard to deny that the appeal of thamasha and topi drama is ingrained in our psyche. People enjoy seeing thamsha. Its human nature. Isn’t it instinct to want to stop and gawk at the unusual? Pakistanis in particular have an odd way of gawking at anything out of the ordinary. So it was only inevitable that some enterprising Pakistani producer decided to turn this aspect of the human psyche and channel it towards ratings and fame.
We did not see this stuff with ptv, because they weren’t private. Leave to private channels to draw in the crowds.
Either way, regardless of who started the trend, the media is giving what the people have become addicted to.
Still, don’t feel to bad. If you think this is bad, check out the Media in India. But then american media isn’t all that great either.