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| Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| Spindian Express is just pissed that Indian Express is not pro-BJP |
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That is what I feel after following the famous Spindian Express for a while. Looking at the initial inspiration behind the blog that takes a few nasty blow at the Indian Express, over a period of time, all you see is a pale shadow of what it should be.
For example, IE has, in the recent past, aligned itself with the secular-liberal bandwagon. That in itself seems to offend Spindian Express. If the Pioneer has aligned itself with the BJP and RSS, if the Hindu has practically joined hands with the Left in India, why shouldn't the Express go pseudo-secular? Each to his own.
This is where I believe Spindian Express has gone overboard. If the biggest problem you have with the IE is that it is pseudo-secular, how many times can you hammer it in? And especially when your own blog so obviously takes sides with the pro-Hindu, pro-RSS paper Pioneer? It takes some amount of delusion to think that you are being an impartial critic of Indian Express if your ideal is Pioneer.
Also, what is with the bitchy tone? Learnt it from Pradyuman Maheshwari? Calling names is so easy, especially if you are an anonymous blog.
The fact is that much of the English media is pseudo-secular. But that's not news, is it? The problem is that in their vigor and enthusiasm and political correctness, they have taken it too far. And there are enough ways to make that point without name calling and pretending to be an objective observer when you are not. What comes of pot calling the kettle black?
Can Spindian Express really critique the IE? Of course it can. Yes, it would mean that it would have to get rid of the street thug behavior, posturing, name-calling and stick to the facts. It would become ten times more believable then. Right now, read it, and within the first two posts, you will be able to figure out the political bias of the blog - just as easily as the Indian Express' bias comes through in a single day's reading of the paper.
This is where Bullshitpress succeeded. Despite the aggro tone, Bullshitpress did not take sides. It could have been right, it could have been wrong, but you couldn't find a political bias in the blog. It preached to everyone, and even if you were the target, you knew your opposition would be the target tomorrow. And he stuck to facts. Lots of it. Which is enough to rest your case. Spindian Express reads like something written by a hired illiterate thug. I am sure it is not, and why the writer has chosen that tone baffles me.
Look at some of these examples:
- "Both Arjun Singh's and Shekhar Gupta's gameplan is same", an analyst said, "Thakur Singh will not give up his job to an OBC nor will Bania Gupta. The goal is: claim to speak for the disadvantaged, but make sure it is no skin off your own nose."
- "Here is a deal. Why won't Sahakar Gupta go live in an area of Baroda that will have to use that road for a daily commute for just a month?" a reader asked. "I am not even asking that the chap get moral and ethical by stopping letting out his building!!"
- "Instead of sucking up to Prannoy Roy by giving an award to Barkha Dutt", a reader suggested, "Rabble Rouser Gupta should persuade Vivek Goenka to donate a few crores to Baroda Municipal Corporation so that traffic problems can be solved without demolishing Muslim structures."
Very objective and impartial and decent. Those analysts, readers are none other than the blogger himself, obviously. or a close friend who is too drunk.
B Mathew |
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Thank you for watching us and do continue to watch us. Point taken vis-a-vis our "street thug behavior".
But we wonder though: supposing we targetted The Pioneer instead of Express, would we have invited the accusation that "Wheeler Dealer Editor is just pissed that The Pioneer is not pro-Congress"? We doubt it. Mote in thine eye and all that.
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Don't know why sometimes Blogger pretends that it doesnt know you have commented...!! Anyway, my earlier vanished comment said that no, I would have said the same thing about pioneer. Pure ideological difference is all that seems to be at the core of the anger at IE.
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seems the spindian express is run by someone who must have been booted out by shekhar gupta. all posts seem to be the same. you can't possibly read the same crap day in and day out. soon enough the wheeler dealer editor too will get bored out of his mind reading his posts. yawn.
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Thank you for watching us and do continue to watch us. Point taken vis-a-vis our "street thug behavior".
But we wonder though: supposing we targetted The Pioneer instead of Express, would we have invited the accusation that "Wheeler Dealer Editor is just pissed that The Pioneer is not pro-Congress"? We doubt it. Mote in thine eye and all that.