Arnab Goswami, the star anchor on the Times Group’s English news channel Times Now, is fast becoming a symbol of all that is right and wrong with India’s news industry. That is evident from the jokes, spoofs and news stories in mainstream newspapers and magazines on him and his style of anchoring.

This, however, is not about Goswami, but about what the whole discussion around him points to. It suggests a shift in the way we view news and react to it. The distance between the news provider and the audience has completely crumbled. This takes democracy to another level. It is not clear though whether this is good or bad.