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For the last 30 minutes, I watched the coverage of Zee News about Kissing Shilpa Shetty Controversy. It was prime time in India and I was shocked that a national news channel could allocate 30 minutes for this simple matter. I cannot remember of any instance of Zee News or any other news channel giving 30 minutes of non-stop coverage to poverty, malnourishment, and unemployment problems of India.

The funny thing is that Richard Gere kissed Shilpa only once and for just few seconds but I saw that footage at least 6 times in Zee News in 30 minutes.

A few days ago, another news channel Aaj Tak, did the same. It aired the kissing scene again and again and again for a long time.

Moviewalah wrote:

What concerns me most is why do these news channels give so much importance to these news. Aaj Tak - "bada hi tej channel" - has been showcasing this as national headlines for last so many hours. That's a criminal wastage of national time! Don't we have better things to ponder over? Don't they realize what they are doing? By the way, at the end of the day no one gains anything out of it but for these celebrities, who get some boost to their sagging careers. Whether it's Big B - SRK cold war, Mika-Rakhi Sawant's smooch, Kareena-Shahid lip-lock, Aish-Abhishek's wedding bonanza, Aish-Hrithik's kiss or numerous MMS scandals, why should we let them have free publicity? Let them earn their success the harder and more deserving way.

So, Richard Gere did a crime by kissing Shilpa Shetty once for few seconds then how come the TV channels are innocent by showing the kissing scene again and again in prime time in front of millions of viewers!!!

So, who has offended Indian culture more- Richard Gere or Indian TV channels?