BTV -- the media fossil
Samira Rashid Independent University Dhaka
The incident that rocked the University of Dhaka was tragic and a direct result of negligence of the authorities. The issues that the students brought up during their protests were indeed valid ones; and they were important enough to receive wide coverage on all the national media. All -- but the BTV. It was astonishing to see that BTV did not even mention the event! Once upon a time there was only one TV channel and back then censorship might have made sense. But now, with two other channels covering important issues in their (more informative) news, what is BTV trying to accomplish? In this day of competition, BTV cannot remain the media-fossil it has been so far. Because, the new entrants, with their swift, investigative and in-depth reporting and flashy presentations, will simply overtake BTV.
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