Summary:
Why there is a perceptible shift in the focus of the channel, one need not go far to find out the reason.
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Disparity on both sides has exploded now turning to a blind rage.
The spat between the Chief minister and Baijayant Panda undisputedly is the epicentre which has come closer to a political thunder and the waves breaking on both side.
One at a news channel owned by Panda and on the other side, hitting hard at the official residence of the most discussed private secretary to the CM.
The fault line had developed long back but the tremor is felt now and made more difficult after the Kunduli tragedy and subsequently culminating in a cow dung warfare. Worse is yet to come as issues emerge and resurface in the days ahead.
Battle lines are already drawn.
The ruling dispensation has now discovered rot in that channel, which for years sang paeans for the BJD, mainly after the fissures between the two leaders.
And the subtle shifting focus of the channel was glaringly noticeable since about a year or more now resorting to hard take downs at the BJD that has goes more and more caustic.
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The tenors displayed by the news anchors during the debates in particular, can not escape any intelligent viewer`s notice.