Interviewing: the Media Passion
Interviews on the TV News Channels seem to be one way that a person may be able to go beyond just the news, and get beyond what appears, an obvious approach for those curious. Years before Indian News Channels commenced their operations, it was just Hard Talk by Tim Sabastian and Larry King Live from CNN. While they could grow on the persons being spoken to, they had/ have courage to take the flak or back down when the situation demanded. During Tim's period Hard Talk was certainly true to its title, uncomfortable questions were the norm. Nevertheless, they were more to get into the subject, rather than subjective, as is commonplace in Indian News Channels. There was this eledrly BBC Correspondent from Africa, whose name I can not recall, spoke to the person being interviewed as they had a long walk. Whatever we saw, it had its own distinct style. Shekhar Gupta's "Walk the Talk" is though a clandestine imitation of the original, nevertheless objective enough to be lis