TV Newsance 234: Journalists fight over ‘smoke bomb’ after Parliament security breach

Lok Sabha witnessed a major security breach this week, on the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack. Two alleged protestors trespassed into the House chamber, and opened smoke canisters. 

Ideally, it should have led to serious questions over the security apparatus of the Parliament. But instead, TV journalists crowded outside the House and had a field day fighting over who would first do their piece-to-camera with the “smoke bomb” – an alleged evidence. 

TV9 Bharatvarsh journalist got the canister first, leading to a scramble among the reporters and editors of News Nation, News18 and Aaj Tak. New18’s Pallavi Ghosh could not catch a break as we saw her on the feed of multiple channels attempting to get hold of the “bomb”. 

In the primetime slots, anchors congratulated the MPs who were seen beating the protestors in the Parliament in the videos of the incident. 

In this episode, we look at all the nuisance that took place, and everything the TV reportage missed out amid the chaos. 

Watch. 

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