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According to media observers, the BEA move was an outcome of self-realization on the part of editors of Indian tv channels that they were spending more time covering non-issues, and it could forever change the way Indian television treats celebrities. The BEA general secretary N K Singh in a recent article quoted the new chairman of the Press Council of India, retired justice Markandey Katju as demanding an opinion poll on the present role of the electronic media. "If the public is asked whether the media was ignoring poverty and highlighting trivia, 90% of the people would say yes," he said. selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaux abroad.