TV news and views

Inspired by actual news that was being aired by a channel...



See also: Previous cartoons about television and news

Jet lagged

Cartoons inspired by the 'mass sick leave' taken by Jet Airways pilots and its effect on passengers...

Not in our jeans!

I was shocked to read the news about jeans being banned in women colleges at Kanpur, a move supposedly aimed at protecting women from harassment.

And that's what inspired the following cartoons..





This jean-o-cide makes no sense whatsoever!

Breaking news!

Why does everything on TV need to be sensationalized as 'Breaking news', even the most trivial of stories find themselves presented as 'Breaking news!'

Eclipse day!

I was appalled by the news channels propagating superstitious beliefs with regard to the solar eclipse today.

They ran full sensationalized commentary including the various possible aftermaths of the eclipse such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami and other destructive phenomenon.

Beware of the eclipse especially if you're a pregnant woman, they say!!!

Amidst all the comedy on the news, I was inspired to create this...

Why I don't like to watch TV news

This is why I don't like to watch TV news as often as I used to.

As kids, we were always encouraged to watch the news on TV so that we could stay tuned to current affairs and I do feel that it helped inculcate a good habit.

However, most of the news content today is horrifying by itself. The lurid sensationalization with which it is reported by news channels only makes it much worse. We now take care not to put on the news channel while the kids are around.

Maybe, its time we got separate news channels for the kids.