He went on and on about how they had not addressed, to Vinod's satisfaction, the issue of whether Obama will upbraid Pakistan enough and clarify/ apologize enough for asking China to keep an eye on the region.
Needhi Razdan, as is her wont, latched on to Vinod's point like a hungry dog worrying a bone. It was painful to watch the duo as they refused to give in to Shashi Tharoor's gentle pointers about real politiks and how it is not played out in the public domain to satisfy pouting, pontificating journalists.
The best of world media goes below the surface and comes to its own conclusion.
It is a mode of journalism that most of Indian media seemed to have left behind as they regress into being sour pusses with little to add in terms of meaningful analysis.
Vinod Mehta used to be an exception but alas looks like he succumbed to dotage (the Indian Express and Shekar Gupta are happily still holding out against this epidemic of silliness but for how long?)
As a contrast to the serious silliness that afflicts Indian media, I reproduce below a couple examples of how good journalism can get to the essentials of a complex issue.
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