When someone writes
So, even while Rahul embarked on his own discovery of UP by landcruiser, and addressed over a hundred (large and small) meetings in the state, he was never pitched as a future chief minister of UP.
you would think he is funny without trying. But it isn’t just someone, it’s Rajdeep Sardesai, the serial exposer of Cobrapost fame.
Tags: Commentary, Indian Politics, Media Watch, Weblogs
On 05.31.07 Prudent Indian says:
Sandeep see this,
Devil’S Advocate OR Devil Advocates?
Tell me.
PI.
On 05.31.07 nkota says:
A digressions
Just check these 2 reports of same news
Hindu
Dalit tortured, FIR against lawyer-kin(http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/31/stories/2007053107361200.htm)
NDTV
Lawyers strip man in Agra court
(http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070013853)
If it was his own kin who did it then why the #$%^ DALIT should be there in the headline
On 05.31.07 nkota says:
it says inside the news thatthe lawyer is a relative of the person clearly, but the headline is what pains me
On 06.01.07 shadows says:
LOLzz.. @ Cobrapost.. Whoever cooked up such a name. Sounds like the “Stinking Sting King” Tarun tejpal of Tehelka. hahaha.. Tehelka, cobrapost - Very funny indeed. Indicates that lack of finesse in news reporting in India.
Also, look at that pic of Sardesai on the link you provided - Trying very hard to look articulate and intelligent. Such jerks. How.. How.. I fail to understand just how could CNN tie up with such buffoons like Sardesai.
CNN might be bad, but atleast its much better than Indian news channels. For four days, I was watching the Punjab Dera controversy on TV at night, but not a single channel mentioned why it all started?
On 06.01.07 Anonymous says:
After the recent UP debacle of the BJP, Sardesai just could not hide his glee. “Where are the Advanis and Vajpayees now? Why are they sending Abbas Naqvi to defend this?” - he roared from his AC studios.
Apparently he wanted Advani to come to him and beg for his highness mercy. He dare not say this for Sonia after Congress debacle.
Indian news journalim has reached staggering heights of mediocrity thanks to the likes of Sardesai, Barkha, Gupta et al
On 06.02.07 Prudent Indian says:
Shadows,
Tehlaka is Tarun Tejpal’s and cobra post is Anitudh Behal’s.They were together earlier with Harinder Baweja,during Bangru expose.Since then Cobra Post (Anirudh Behal and Harinder Baweja)has become an exclusive “sting” and “seedy” investigation unit.Often exposing “communal” forces.Raj Deep is client in chief.
Tarun runs a weekly rag called “Tehlaka”.Once traveling in Metro I bought a copy of this after paying my hard earned Rs.10.Since then I have it framed and hung in my office near my work station with a message,”Shame on you you spent rs.10 for this!And still dare call self Prudent! HUH!”.
PI
On 06.02.07 Ot says:
Apparently they call him Slur-desai for his innuendo journalism.
Is Tejpal still using sex workers to get stories?
On 06.02.07 Ot says:
The name Aniruddha Ball rings a bell. The dude won an “award”, for the worst ever description of an erotic encounter in a book of his. Apparently he drew parallels between the act of human copulation and the act of changing gears on a manual transmission Ferrari. Readers couldn’t make up their minds whether they should laugh or feel aroused.
Here is the funny part: the chap flew all the way to London to receive the “award”. Audiences turned out in good numbers, we learn, to look at this oddity.
On 06.03.07 Bombat Flyer says:
http://tinyurl.com/3ctf52
Where is the secular outrage? The poor Hindus can’t read Arabic, and had no clue what was on the paper and yet they have been taken into custody.