“No doubt the media should provide some entertainment also to the people, but if 90% of its coverage is devoted to entertainment, and only 10% to all the socio-economic issues put together, then the sense of priorities of the media has gone haywire.”

— Markandey Katju

On Indian media, as quoted in "Justice Markandey Katju clarifies" http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2629257.ece?homepage=true, The Hindu (15 November 2011)

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