For the news channels, 2014 was the year of elections and of political issues and, later, of covering the Prime Minister's many foreign tours. It was also the year of the selfies and the drone camera. Drone cameras were introduced for the first time in covering election rallies. Prime minister Narendra Modi's selfies, and also those that the editors/journalists took with him in his (in)famous press meet became fodder for news. Political parties, especially BJP, turned their media cells into news rooms. The visuals of the election rallies shot by them were used by the news channels instead of going in for their own independent footage which became a reason for much outrage. Doordarshan gained ground in covering the PM's foreign tours. A lot of footage shown on private channels was "courtesy DD" since the private channels were kept away from many places and events.