The headlines in this morning’s issue of the Times of India (Sunday, 10 August) read ‘Murder at Olympics.’ My curiosity was piqued – just the other day, I had read about bad blood between the US and Australia teams for some women’s sport (basketball, I think). And the Australian captain had warned viewers to expect some blood to spill – I had assumed she had been speaking metaphorically of course. And my first reaction on seeing the headline was, ‘Oh no! That Australian lady has killed someone.’ My curiosity was replaced with a mixture of sheepishness, incredulity and no small amount of ire when I realized that the ‘Olympic murder’ being referred to was that of the father-in-law of the coach of the US Women’s Volleyball team. And yes, I had to read twice too, to figure out just who had been killed, and what his relation with the Olympics was.
Sure, I feel bad that the guy died, but tracing his convoluted connection to the Olympics and publishing it as Front Page news is sensational journalism at its worst. Shame on you, TOI!
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TOI sucks most of the time when it comes to Front Page news and by doing this they are creating more confusion than excitement in their readers.