Television News reporting has undergone major changes in the last few years.  Many issues have been brought out in the open and many scandals exposed.  Even the corruption and underpreparedness for the Common Wealth Games has been highlighted very well by the electronic media.  It has made the govt take notice and act. Hopefully, India should be able to put together a good show as the PM himself has taken initiative.  But suddenly it seems developmental journalism and human interest stories have taken a back seat.  No more is the suffering of the common man or an affected group that much of importance. After all these reports hardly bring any TRP.  The news channels that used to cover such stories are also forced to change their stance thanks to losing out the war.  India TV may have started this run for sensational stories, but the other channels including popular ones such as Times Now and Aajtak have continued to report on sensational exposes. Sting operations, hidden cameras, fake godmen seem to be the stuff channels are interested in.  A couple of days back Headlines Today picked up a subject which definitely was a good subject to cover.  Pesticides are causing cancer to farmers in parts of Punjab. Great stuff, worth highlighting… the channel did something which was serious and away from general sensational stuff covered by channels nowadays.  More such stories will be taken up hopefully in the days to come.