India, Aug. 31 -- Over the three decades of your career, TV news has shifted from bulletin-style reporting to high-decibel, opinion-led programming. How has this eroded public trust in television news?

In recent years, I have lost count of the number of times I have heard people say, "I don't watch TV news anymore." People used to turn to TV news as a matter of course. But all that has changed. Talking (or shouting) heads replaced visual stories in prime time. The bias on display on many English TV news channels in our country today means that we cannot always hope to see measured, balanced and all-round coverage of issues that might be considered controversial. As a result, viewers who want a fuller picture have turned to other news sou...