August 21, 2004

Unusual "Reporting". Within Indian media, the Times of India is considered one of the most respectable publications. Hence, it is pretty surprising for them to have printed such a bizzarely reported yet thinly veiled story. FYI, the alluded brothers are the Ambanis, who manage Reliance Industries, which contribute 3% of India's GDP!!
posted by Gyan 20 years ago
  • Are there any such instances of Western media reporting (non-tabloid, of course)?
  • Your description nailed it: that's probably the most bizarrely reported story I've ever read. What I'm not getting here is what their motive is for printing such a story. If something's holding you from naming names and printing details, shouldn't the story be shelved? And what would keep them from naming names on this? Yes, I read the story. But "written proof?"
  • not to mention that the "report" seems to written by a 12 year old.
  • And who gives a monkey's?
  • We do - it's creepy that a newspaper like the Times of India would print something like that. If it were the Times of London, well, that would just be par for the course.
  • Are there any such instances of Western media reporting in the US, FOX is notorious for it's "some people say..." style of bullshit.
  • I think it's pretty reasonable, not to mention really entertaining. They've got the story; they don't have proof. They really, really, really don't want to be scooped. The people involved are important enough that they think it's worth the slight embarassment of running such a vague story. Furthermore, I think the journalist was having some fun with the style - deliberately playing up to the vagueness for some comic effect. In other words, it's an extremely well known style of journalism all around the world - it's a blind item. It just looks odd in the financial pages as opposed to the Diary or gossip column...
  • a couple of things i find interesting. first, no byline. is this normal for the times, gyan? secondly, it doesn't read like a hard-news story. could it be some kind of gossip column? or an editorial? very strange and, yes, very disturbing.
  • SideDish, byline is normally present. Definitely not an editorial, they're of higher quality. Gossip column seems likeliest, but the Times doesn't normally go the yellow route.
  • It strikes me funny, like an aritcle from the India Onion. I just copied the link onto MetaPpphhhter, thanks Gyan.