Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Firstpost – Crushing ideas and making biased ones

The about us section of Firstpost.com says that it ‘will serve as a trusted guide to the crush of news and ideas around you.’ Does crushing news and ideas mean that Firstpost will push its own biased ideas on the audience?

Case in point is the article by Firstpost about MS Dhoni doing business with Sahara. Not only is this article extremely biased, it also digs up irrelevant information with the sole idea which is to damage the reputation if Sahara. Discussing a legal case in the article when the crux of the article was Dhoni buying a professional hockey team in India is quite honestly beyond understanding. It all seems like propaganda by unruly elements that would leave no stone unturned to show Sahara in bad light.

This article predictably talks about the legal case Sahara is involved in making sure to highlight the courts statement which was recorded in 2010. If this isn’t clear indication that Firstpost is deliberately trying to paint a dark picture about Sahara and sway public opinion against the company then I don’t know what is.

In my opinion, (because isn’t that what Firstpost has done? Propagate an opinion and valid news.) Sahara must sue Firstpost for defamation. And while they are at it, they must also sue Tariq Engineer the genius behind this baseless article.


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