There’s a nice interview with Aamir Khan on Tehelka where the actor chews the fat about the state of the news media in India today (here’s a hint: it sUXX0Rz). It’s nice to see somebody who’s not afraid to finally call the whole thing stupid, and Khan does it with trademark meticulousness while still retaining an easygoing manner.
Granted, Tehelka itself is not what I would call above petty sensationalist journalism — this is, after all, the same organisation that kicked off the whole Defense Department bribery sting operation stuff, then started moaning when they were called up on bribery charges themselves (look, there’s a tape of you giving someone a bribe — you can’t expect not to be arrested just because you’re a journalist) — but thankfully the reporter is forced to take a back seat to AK. It isn’t really eye-opening for anyone with a brain who has switched on any news channel in the past few years, but it makes for good reading, and hopefully a few who had got caught up in the frenzy of tabloid gossip that passes for news *coughcough*dad*coughcough* might finally switch the channel to some good, honest belly dancing and save me the annoyance of the day’s ‘hot stories’.