India's most famous broadsheet daily (and presumably the one with the largest circulation) was already showing signs of becoming a tabloid, but today's headline confirmed it finally.
The headline screams out that Sourav Ganguly called the new BCCI President Ranvir Singh Mahendra a "shame" to Indian cricket. On reading the report, you realise he made that statement years ago.
Sure, it's a wonderfully and delightfully ironical situation for the Indian captain, according to the scandal-loving press. And it provides great trivia to the readers. But is it important enough to be the most important news story of the day?
And NDTV devoted the entire second part of its headlines summary to the BCCI circket controversy. (The headline summary is the text which appears on the red background every half-hour). Sure, cricket's a religion, some journalists believe, but again- important enough to neglect other news stories?
Friday, October 01, 2004
Tabloids of the Time
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