Did the Indian media overreact on the news of Bollywood Actor Shahrukh Khan's detention in the US? Harini Calamur at POV opines [1]: “I wonder how much airtime was spent on this – and to the exclusion of what? [..] On the day Shahrukh Khan got detained for two hours [..] 21 farmers committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh because they couldn’t pay off their debt. But, farmers committing suicide cannot be sponsored, it does not drive up TRP’s.”
India: Media And Shahrukh Khan's Detention
· Written by Rezwan
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