His observation that the incentives of cable news — conflict, outrage and spectacle — have “colonised the wider information ecosystem” resonates far beyond the United States of America. ADVERTISEMENTIn India, television debates, once imagined as spaces for informed deliberation, have devolved into performative contests. Choreographed indignation has become the dominant grammar of prime-time news. Television debates thrive on conflict because conflict retains viewers. Clips from television debates, stripped of context and sharpened for virality, circulate.

Source: The Telegraph April 06, 2026 01:22 UTC