As a kid, I was the weird nerd glued to the television watching news day and night. Back in the day, journalists actually believed in reporting news rather than shouting their opinions about it. But gone are the days, and we might as well say a last prayer for Indian journalism as well, because these news reporting fails prove we hit rock bottom years ago.
Also read: 21 Funny News Stories That Prove Anything Can Happen In India
1. When two panelists got into an actual fist fight on live television:
Source: Youtube
3. And of course, when this famous travesty happened:
Logic 😬 @anjanaomkashyap @aajtak loser🤬 pic.twitter.com/39ruz97sKn
— Sukh Singh (@satvir_singh3) November 13, 2021
4. When Mahua Moitra had this to say to Arnab, and frankly, same pinch:
Source: Youtube
5. When Arnab Goswami was all to impressed by Modi’s sudden moves.
#TikTok nahi toh #Arnab hi sahi. Kaafi cringe content on #RepublicTV. #tiktokbanindia #RIPTiktok #ChineseAppBlocked pic.twitter.com/ecKpReis5w
— Nikita Sharma (@sharmanikita94) June 30, 2020
6. We all have that one dramatic friend who has to over-sell everything that happens to them.
7. This moment of inception when Republic TV reporter realised Rhea Chakraborty was watching Republic TV in her apartment (because of course, our well-mannered journos were peeping inside her apartment – nothing creepy there.)
Source: Twitter
8. The one time Arnab asked for drugs on National TV:
Arnab is asking for drugs on national TV 😂😂#drugsdebate pic.twitter.com/RrKX6pkK61
— Ajitk0230 (@BoReD_GuY_0) September 25, 2020
9. When you can’t go to the Moon but have access to a green screen:
Source: Reddit
10. When you wanted to become an actor but ended up becoming a reporter:
Raju, paisa kat overacting ka!
— Adnan Bhat (@Adnanmbhat) October 4, 2020
11. When this reporter pointed out that Naga Sadhus are typically without clothes, so the one beside her obliged.
Source: Youtube
12. When Anjana Om Modi… I mean Kashyap, seemed to have forgotten her last name.
RT DaaruBaazMehta: MUST WATCH
Anjana Om Modi, aka Kashyap admits her bhakti herself?pic.twitter.com/HXyIHx6vIs
— Ban Intolerance (@common_man88) November 29, 2016
13. When this man concisely expressed our collective frustration with demonetization:
14. When “journalists” were caught stalking/chasing Deepika Padukone on live TV.
#RepublicTV #republictvbanned #ArnabGoswami @republic
Republic tv walon ka drug test hona chahiye, ye hamesha high rahte hai. pic.twitter.com/wWPoNhVWmX— Mohan Kumawat (@mohanasmk) September 25, 2020
15. When panelists from India and Pakistan became a little too graphic for live television:
Source: Youtube
16. When Major General GD Bakshy had rather colourful words to say on live TV:
17. You heard it on Republic, of course. Where else?
Yeah. “You heard it on Republic” ! pic.twitter.com/fJVF30gtgS
— Arvind Gunasekar (@arvindgunasekar) September 4, 2020
18. When the father of an accused in a drug case threw a reporter outta his door: (video change0
Source: Twitter
19. When Arnab Goswami had some very stern words in store for Salman Khan in a case that – wait for it – had nothing to do with him.
And @BeingSalmanKhan reads dialogues the lunatic here reads a teleprompter promoted by Bjp pic.twitter.com/rArq2g8D2y
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) September 16, 2020
20. When someone on Twitter realised that news channels had been bringing in the same person as an “expert” of virtually everything.
Ye Waali Education Policy Chahiye 😆 pic.twitter.com/AzgrwsAgyM
— Tempest (@ColdCigar) July 30, 2020
21. “Is it me? Am I the drama? I don’t think I’m the drama.”
Source: Youtube
22. When this reporter on air was caught combing hair:
23. When Republic TV had more panelists than fingers on your hands:
24. This elaborate tiger-saga that can only remind me of the countless Saath Nibhaana Saathiya episodes my mother has binged over the years:
25. When this over-eager reporter exaggerated the cyclone just a tiny bit.
But the award for the best Originality goes to………… @ABPNews 🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/nUpmQVQa7G
— Nishant Pant (@nishantpant_in) May 26, 2021
26. When this reporter read a bit too much in-between the lines.
Oh dear!!
@TimesNow what are you guys even doing! interpreting imma bounce which simply is a slang/ contraction for I am going to bounce -in typical Marathi it means – mein toh katt loonge to IMMA as acronym🙈 & a ‘bounced’ cheque. #noclue #whatisthisreporting pic.twitter.com/5JttvhpLIk— manisha singhal (@manishasinghal) August 27, 2020
As viewers, we must remind our journalists to do their jobs better. After all, they are supposed to be the fourth pillar of democracy. As long as reminders don’t work, mockery shall.