Repeated appearances at talk shows

The live talk shows which are aired every night on various TV channels now appear to have become like TV serials. The actors, as I would like to call them, have now become so much exposed to the audience that it is very easy to guess who are going to speak against or in favour of a political party. They appear every night in one TV channel or the other, and some are seen appearing consecutively on two or three channels in one night. Do these repeated appearances expose the dearth of intellectuals in Bangladesh? Or is it that the TV channels are myopic? In my personal opinion, the talk shows on present political situation sometimes do breed hatred.

Ziauddin Ahmed
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