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What Happens When Humor Is Mixed With News?


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News reporting or journalism is a serious business. In the world were fake news is easily spread through WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter etc. We really need reporters to take their jobs seriously and bring us the news that matters to us. Not the news about man biting dog or chip being fixed in the latest currency.

The other and very important aspect is about delivering the news, since it's a serious business, do we have a common belief that it should be delivered also in a very serious manner? Shouting to kill other noise around, being always in attention, or issuing warnings like "chain se sona hai to jaag jao" may be some of the ways we have seen, but the most engaging way to reporting news is adding humor and Entertainment to it without losing essence.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver does this really well. Each episode is very well researched, presented in a great way by John Oliver and it raises the entertainment bar quite high.

We do have couple of shows in India like On Air with AIB and EIC Outrage, good efforts. Last Week Tonight remains to be the Gold/Platinum/Diamond standard even in the 5th season it's currently in.

Last week Tonight with John Oliver https://www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight

On Air with AIB http://www.hotstar.com/tv/on-air-with-aib/6200

EIC Outrage https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLox1kfMm75BzUCg7nbJ_u7q6ik_aBcotI

Have you watched these shows? What's your feedback? Do we have other Indian or international shows that I am missing out on? Please let me know.

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Entertainment CubeBy Amar Mehta