In an interview to discuss and analyse the media coverage of the Bihar election campaign, the former Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The Hindu, N. Ram, has said that India's news television channels "must be amongst the worst in the world".

"Broadcast television … has been awful. It must be amongst the worst in the world, whether you look at either the Hindi television sector or the so-called national TV news channels, they've been awful for the most part. Almost overwhelmingly."