Firstpost does it again

And by it I mean Firstpost goes ahead and goofs up again. The site can be best described as a place where you will find opinionated rants by lesser known internet figures. The people behind these opinion based articles are biased and would only like to force their warped ideas and views on their readers. It’s the readers I pity most rather than the site and its writers though, because they come to this site hoping to read information-filled and thought-evoking articles but end up getting sucked into petty politic games between the shareholders of the site.

Firstpost recently posted a baseless and senseless article about Dhoni going into business with Sahara. First of all, if Dhoni bought a professional hockey team that is a good thing. We need more people in India who will support our national game and if that support comes from a stellar sportsperson like Dhoni, that’s all the better. The article brushes away this important piece of news simply saying that this feat by Dhoni ‘wouldn’t merit more than a passing mention.’ Seriously? Why would Dhoni buying a hockey not merit more than a passing mention?

Isn’t Tariq Engineer patriotic? Does he not feel that Hockey and Dhoni coming together is a big deal? But instead he talks about Sahara. Why must he concentrate on the negative when there is so much positive to write? It truly is troubling that propagandists like Mr. Engineer are allowed to write and influence the masses.