In the midst of a pandemic, ongoing floods, and extreme unemployment, the media, especially TV news channels, have been accused of ignoring important issues. They are exclusively reporting on the death of Sushant Singh Rajput to divert attention from more pressing issues and are conducting a ‘media trial’ in relation to anyone connected to the case. On some channels, fabricated stories of alleged perpetrators of the Delhi riots have also been introduced.Why are channels doing this? What is the aim? Urmilesh raises these questions in this episode of Media Bol.