Mainstream media is about to change. It will happen in fits and starts. But it is inevitable.
Before I go into the reasons why, let me talk about two terms that Ravish Kumar coined for journalists. The first, godi media, has entered our everyday lexicon. It is a product of the Modi era. The other, Lutyens journalism, is older, and less popular. Ravish used it to describe what passed off as political reporting in the UPA period. Reporters and editors would throng Parliament, North and South block, get a few tidbits thrown at them by friendly mantris, netas, and babus, and write them up as ‘scoops.’
