Such theatrics make it easy to lament the state of Indian television news, and many in the country do just that. Rajdeep Sardesai, a more self-critical figure than his main rival, has lamented his industry’s obsession with the “three Cs”—crime, cinema, and cricket—describing them as a “triple-headed deity at whose altar the industry worships.”11 More telling is what newspaper editor T. N. Ninan dubbed the rise of “vigilante TV,” with Goswami as its leader. “Impartiality is for the clubby Prannoy Roys of the world,” as Ninan put it. “TV news Rottweilers in attack mode have proved for many to be
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