On one of the very rare occassions when I watched televison these days, I happened to watch a popular news channel (Aaj Tak). There are now about tens of such channels in various languages and regional variations. What I could fail to understand is why they were using background music (like in the movies) when they were showing some news clippings. In the movies, such music is woven into the sound track to create the pshycological effect to convey the desired effect. For example, for building up suspense, movies would use a different music than for conveying happiness or sorrow.
While watching the channel, some such similar music was being played in the background. Gone are the days when we were told that news is to be conveyed to the people "as is", without any hint of emotion or any addition / modification. In fact, in those days, news readers were told not to exhibit any emotion for any kind of news. Doordarshan news readers were quite expert at these things.
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