Yes that is what is claimed
by today’s editorial column of a leading English newspaper The New Indian 
Express ! Or is it? Read the line…
Express ! Or is it? Read the line…
Though cases have been
detected in India,
it is important to ensure an afflicted person does not get into the country and
move around freely unknowingly. Ebola is a lethal virus with a long incubation
period (emphasis mine)….
I was sipping the
coffee while reading and almost threw up. What the heck? And so spent next precious
moments trying to understand, and reread the lines few more times. Yes, according
to the editorial excellence of this newspaper “cases have been detected in
India”, then I realize it must be a typo (since I am aware of the issue, otherwise I
would have taken it to be true)…or is it a mischief? How such typo error happen
that too in the editorial column of a newspaper that has prestigious name ‘Goenka
award’ –for excellence in journalism, associated to it? Further the mistake is on
an issue which is quite sensitive as also the typo is such that it fuels alarm.
What kind of competence
is this? If they cannot even write few lines of editorial properly they have no
right to be in the job. Most of these exaggerated positions are paid ransom,
while the beat journalist peanuts. Such mistakes are called being highly irresponsible
and grossly negligent. It’s like the doctor leaving the scissor in the patient’s
stomach. Will the Editors Guild look
into these and take appropriate action against the concerned newspaper?
