Posted by Manvantara on April 15, 2008 at 13:56:48:
In Reply to: Re: Anita Ratnam's letter to City Express posted by Prof on April 14, 2008 at 20:48:50:
All too often, reporters/reviewers do not seem to understand just how important their job is! I have seen critics/reviewers attend just part of a program and then proceed to write a report about the entire program! Recently, a friend of mine told me that she was featured in an article about birdwatching - this was about a walk that she and her two friends had had in Lalbagh, specifically to watch and note down about the birds there. The reporter had neither walked along with them nor spoken to all three of them, but the next day, out came an article about them and the walk!
Writing a review for a dance/music program is not easy and that is something critics/reviewers need to understand - they need to prepare themselves for it - and that cannot be done overnight!
In this case, I suppose the editor thought it was a rather smart/attractive/funny title to the article! He/she did not realize it was in bad taste!
Anitaji, you were right to write to them. :)
And thank God for democracy!