This week, Indian TV discovered its biggest diplomatic breakthrough: a packet of Melody.
While the Cockroach Janata Party was uniting millions of young Indians over unemployment, paper leak, a media that has no spine — our Noida TV news anchors were busy celebrating a toffee. Some even brought Melody packets to the studio. No, really. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted Giorgia Meloni the famous toffee, anchors treated it like a masterclass in foreign policy. Melody, Meloni, diplomacy, hashtags, record-breaking views — studio-jeevis went gaga.
There's more. A Norwegian journalist did something Indian journalists are rarely allowed to do anymore — she asked Modi a direct question. The MEA responded with Gandhi, Yoga, and everything except an actual answer. And then Indian anchors did what they do best: went after the journalist.
This week on TV Newsance:
How a toffee became a "foreign policy masterclass" (only on Indian TV)
What anchors weren't talking about while Melody discourse raged
The Norwegian journalist who showed what real press access looks like
Why Godi anchors attacked Helle harder than they've ever gone after anyone in power
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