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Comment on Rugby World Cup 2011: All Blacks and the Kiwis by satindra

satindra — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:35:11 +0000

…and All Blacks are worthy winners of the William Webb Ellis Trophy. Congratulations New Zealand.

Comment on Rugby World Cup 2011: All Blacks and the Kiwis by satindra21

satindra21 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:55:41 +0000

Brilliant. Great perspectives. Just raises my respect for the Kiwis and I will be rooting for All Blacks to win the RWC.

Comment on Tim Howard speak no Mexicana! by Bobby Gee

Bobby Gee — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:34:13 +0000

This was just the tip of the ice berg. First the pro mexican crowd so dissed the USA when they booed the national anthem. This is flat wrong. I was pissed when I heard this on the TV. If we Americans did this in Mexico City we would not get out of the city alive. Besides we wouldn’t that in the first place. Mexico had the better side that day but when Mexcians diss the host country this flat out wrong. This is what Howard and many Americans like me are mad about. Good post.

Comment on Tim Howard speak no Mexicana! by spammerizator

spammerizator — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:35:33 +0000

Everyone is missing the point. The very sad thing is no matter what color your kids are they are no longer safe at these type of soccer games in the USA. I saw a rose bowl staff member with Asian features running from a hail of angry projectiles being tossed down on the field after the USA scored. My own children where assaulted with several cups of beer because they cheered for a USA goal….but you know the beer tossing fools hit a lot of Mexico fans too who were pretty unhappy to be soaked in beer just because they sat next to us. I am positive there were USA fans that were ill behaved too, because I saw plenty of drunks. I am sure a lot of Mexico fans got hit in the back of the head from water bottles tossed by other Mexico fans when the USA scored. Anybody reviewing the shots of the crowd can see the flying projectiles. The point is we are all human we all bleed red….everybody calls everyone else a racist so that must mean the whole world is racist.. I feel very sorry for our kids. Can’t we all just give each other some slack? Let’s start with the comments here. Stop calling Tim Howard a racist….if you knew anything about him you would not say that plus I was there I heard the nasty names thousands of people called him all game long. Please let’s all try to co-exist for the sake of our children. There were a lot of wonderful people filling that massive stadium with good intentions but we ruined it…that makes me sad. I hope that global warming forces everyone in the world to dye themselves a UV safe purple..that would end all this nonsense

Comment on World’s Richest Football Clubs Revealed by Musa jibrin

Musa jibrin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:57:55 +0000

I wil luv chelsea til eternity

Comment on David Beckham Dethroned as Top Earner In Football by Football

Football — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:09:47 +0000

Still baffling that Beckham is even that high on the list…

Comment on World Cup Preview: Argentina vs. South Korea by ATX Power Supply

ATX Power Supply — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:42:40 +0000

in the next world cup, i would try to be so energetic and i would cheer all day for my favorite team ,-*

Comment on World Cup Preview: Argentina vs. South Korea by Laparoscopic Surgery :

Laparoscopic Surgery : — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:01:49 +0000

i love watching the world cup on television coz i am a football addict ..

Comment on Did Women Bring About South Africa’s Benny’s McCarthy’s Downfall? by ayu

ayu — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:14:18 +0000

good one

Comment on Could the Indian media have averted the Commonwealth Games crisis? by Satindra Singh

Satindra Singh — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:45:27 +0000

Indian media could have certainly avoided the crisis and helped in making these games a showcase of the progress India has made, if it had just done its job. Indian media like the the Indian public sector where mediocrity is the standard and pursuit of efficiency is scoffed at. Pursuit of excellence is unheard of. It is a sad commentary on Indian media which has a glorious past. We are talking about the estate that during the fight for independence played a major role in keeping people informed and involved to insure that the activities of the freedom fighters were not only reported but also discussed freely and fearlessly. Nehru got tremendous support from the media and India marched int the modern era with its head held high. The attack on democracy and individual liberty was fiercely fought by the valiant media persons during the emergency. Print media along with the Judiciary played the most important role in building public opinion, throwing out a draconian government and restoring democracy. All that could happen because Indian print media had grown slowly and each new journalist was nurtured by giants like Frank Moraes, George Verghese, G.S. Vidyarthi, Arun Shourie, Behram Contractor, Khushwant Singh, Sham Lal, N. Ram, Kuldip Nayyar, Laxman, Sucheta Dalal…The list could go on.
Sometimes I wonder if it is the advent of AV media and its compulsions of quick and sudden growth that has started the rot which has now spread like cancer to print and radio. Some real quick and effective measures have to be taken to stem the rot. The first step is proper training, grooming mentoring and education of journalists especially in the AV media. The good news is India can draw upon the fabulous tradition of nurturing and training journalists from giants of Indian print media.