NDTV’s brain-dead cricket coverage

Is it just me (it always is), or is there something in the water at the NDTV studios. Dean Jones and Ajay Jadeja spoke about the Indian cricket team looking like world beaters – this after a disastrous performance.
India dropped more catches than a paid-for Pakistan fielding side and basically handed the game to Australia.
The appalling insights were only aided by some pathetic anchoring by that mummy’s-boy-looking apology for a TV host.
Sample this question: Is this really the best feeling for an Indian – to be on top of Australia?
Yes, I kid you not.
Brain fucking dead.

How not to interview a Pakistani minister - by Barkha Dutt

NDTV’s Barkha ‘the emoter’ Dutt played right into Pakistani foreign minister Qureshi’s hands. He used NDTV as a platform to espouse the Pakistan cause in a more forceful way than if he was given the chance to give India’s Republic Day address.
Ms Dutt went in all brimstone and long earrings and was taught a mean lesson in the quickstep of political ballroom dancing.
Somebody from the government should call Prannoy Roy and explain to him that freedom of the press becomes freedom to op-press the general intelligence of the nation in Barkha Dutt’s hands. A how not-to lesson.

Crap coverage

My favourite whipping boys NDTV did not disappoint. It was pathetic in its coverage, actually angering me even more. If Barkha Dutt wants to emote in front of the camera she needs to take lessons from CNN’s Richard Quest. She reminded me of Shah Rukh Khan in the 90s. I did not watch CNN IBN, but I hope Rajdeep was better. The best anchor-on-the-field team is Sreenivas Jain at ground zero and Prannoy Roy in studio. But there were a bunch of people who managed to piss me off even more than NDTV did. Non resident ‘passport’ Indians.