End of News Of The World | Good Bye!

First things first, I didn't know that NOTW was 168 years old and it is UK's biggest selling Sunday tabloid. In which case, UK will miss it. During my stay at London, I had real chance of reading it. Didn't like the journalism involved as it was full of sensational celebrity stings, photos, adds, classifieds and what not!
This tabloid has been creating sensation like we have India TV showing breaking news. NOTW always believed in sting operations, intruding personal spaces and bringing celebrities to limelight. That works till you work in public interest. Then we hear stories of hacking phones of innocents like the martyrs of Iraq war n their families! Shame! This is blackmailing in black n white!

I watched British Parliament session on this and felt for the nation as how it is getting victimized by media. Then came the shocking news or rather NOTW style   sensational news that Mr. Murdoch has decided to stop the tabloid!

It may not be entirely a tactical move from the media mughal, but it surely a damage control action. I kind of liked it. One man's strong response to a whole nation...after all just few hours before, UK was demanding action, and he took it in his style!

Coming back to NOTW's closer, it is strong reminder to all those headline grabbers, journalists and media houses who do sting for TRPs and Ad revenue! That is why may be our own The Hindu differs from TOI. Don't forget the Indian journalist's god-like behavior these days as it chooses to create sensation in the name of news! You may think the reader decides finally but hold on reader can stop buying a paper or choose not to watch a channel, but reader can't teach ethical journalism practices to media. That is why, NOTW had been so popular but for few criminals, it is really sad to see an 168 year old institution closing down! No one knows what will happen to those 200 odd employee!