TIMES NOW DEBATES The channel is widely popular in India and abroad. The most interesting and challenging topics are brought to the fore. It is also a channel that is appearing fearless and taking up high and mighty. It also done a lot of serious investigating and supporting at length popular movements relentlessly, The channel has endeared to the listeners because it is touching the pulse of the people and voicing their concerns. It brings instantly facts and contradictions interjecting during discussions. It puts the debaters on defensive and making them divisive and uncomfortable, beating about the bush
But unfortunately the anchor does not control the speakers at all; there is utter confusion, chaos and simultaneously speaking, drowning the issues and getting boisterous, a free for all. Then some speakers lionizes maximum time and all speakers are not budgeted equal time. The anchor does not allow the participants to complete the answer and openly emphatic about his own views and does not tolerate The anchor should be the facilitator of discussion not taking sides and conducting himself as one participants. Then there is a constant tussle between two major political parties resorting to the blame game and deflecting the main issues, The debates with Pakistan participants are really irritating and non productive as the speakers cannot accept insults against their Nation , irrespective of the facts and truths All other channels though they may not enjoy the popularity of Times now, but forgive me they are orderly, no cross speaking, shouting and drowning others, The anchors are very particular and firm to maintain decorum of a debate. The anchors must restrict their emotions and prod the speakers to come out instead of snubbing midway. Many listeners feel that absolute order, decorum and discipline must be brought in very interesting and burning topics, which Times Now focuses and pursues for a long time Nelson Lopes Chinchinim