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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Pathetic Journalism - TOI - 'OBAMA' was found with youngest wife!!!!





In the race to report the most spicy and masaaledaar news,our very own Times of India did it again!... Now, this should get them the most pathetic journalism for the decade award, given Mr. Osama Bin Laden finally was found and killed after a decade...

Before detailing the incredible work from TOI, I would like to thank Tanay - the man behind NTMN - India's leading news satire website for which I write as well, for forwarding me the news link so that I could post it on my blog under the pathetic journalism series.

Now, check out this link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Obama-was-found-with-youngest-wife/articleshow/8141774.cms before TOI even changes this as they changed the 'headline'.

Originally, this news article was published with the headline "OBAMA was found with youngest wife". Obviously, what TOI meant was "OSAMA was found with youngest wife". This is what happens when you are taking part in a race to come out with the most spicy news. TOI could have just posted a headline saying 'OSAMA FOUND, and KILLED' or anything of that sort, but they were focusing on the fact that he was found with his youngest wife, and that is exactly why they did not realize what they just published!

Proof of the blunder they did is the fact that the news 'link' still has the original 'obama-was-found-with-youngest-wife'. Look carefully in the above link.

The editor of TOI, it seems is more interested in Osama's adventures in Abbottabad with his youngest wife instead of the fact that he was killed! Anything can be expected from a newspaper which publishes, semi-nude pictures of models with just a blur, on its home page as breaking news!!!

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Sidharth Mehta
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