Nepal, May 18 -- The premises of Nepal's parliament are increasingly being transformed into a theatre of the absurd. The recent surge of unregulated content creators-armed with boom mics and mobile phones, in the Singha Durbar premises-has blurred the distinction between news reporting and targeted provocation. While the pursuit of accountability and well-functioning news outlets remains the cornerstone of a functioning democracy, the current descent into viral journalism threatens to undermine the very ethos of accountability, often backsliding into ad hominem to extract a reaction. In separate instances last week, Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle and former Deputy Speaker Indira Ranamagar found themselves physically cornered and bombarded...