How we became an uncivil society
Updated On: 08 March, 2022 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
Last week, a cringe-worthy video of a blustering TV anchor called Rahul Shivshankar making a fool of himself went viral. But his behaviour tells us who we have become

TV news anchor Rahul Shivshankar (left) last week made a jackass of himself on his own show, India Upfront. Pic/Twitter
By now, most of you may know that last week a certain furious TV anchor called Rahul Shivshankar made a jackass of himself on his own show, India Upfront. His invitees were Bohdan Nahaylo, chief editor of Kyiv Post, and Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute. The cringe-worthy clip that went viral shows Shivshankar yelling at who he thought was McAdams, interrupting everyone’s interruptions, wagging his finger and telling the USA not to “lecture India”.
Unfortunately, the titling was wrong. The Ukrainian editor was shown as the American Daniel McAdams and vice versa. Shivshankar, his mic strategically louder than his guests’, was breathing indignant fire and brimstone until—finally—the real Mr McAdams managed to get a word in.
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