Journalists Can’t Get the Real Vijay, So They Interview His Look-Alike Instead – Media Reaches Rock Bottom
Tamil Nadu’s media just set a new global record – and not the kind anyone should be proud of.
Interviewing political leaders? That’s happened a thousand times. It’s basic journalism. But this? This is something else entirely.
Interviewing political leaders? That’s happened a thousand times. It’s basic journalism. But this? This is something else entirely.
They couldn’t get the actual leader for an interview. No problem. Just grab someone who looks like him, slap on the costume, the mannerisms, the voice, the whole act – and roll the cameras. First time in the world, apparently, that journalists have had to settle for a professional impersonator because the real deal was nowhere to be seen.
The video is already going viral, and the reaction is pure disbelief mixed with second-hand embarrassment. “Shame on them,” one user wrote. Another said they’ve “stooped very badly.” And the sharpest jab of all: even after five years in power, how many candid interviews has the cm actually given?
This isn’t clever satire or light entertainment. It’s a glaring symptom of something rotten. When leaders treat the press like an optional photo-op and media houses treat their audience like fools who’ll accept a look-alike, the entire system collapses into theatre.
Real accountability dies when tough questions never get asked. Real journalism dies when you stop chasing the story and start staging it.
Tamil Nadu deserves better than costume-party press conferences and doppelganger debates. The public isn’t stupid. They see exactly what this is – a pathetic workaround for a leader who doesn’t want to data-face the microphone and a media too eager to play along.
The mask is off. And it’s not even the real one.
The mask is off. And it’s not even the real one.