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BusinessWorld carries IIPM story

Businessworld has joined [registration required; hint: use Bugmenot] the band of mainstream media that has picked up on the IIPM story. I loved this piece as they actually verify IIPM’s claims the way Rashmi’s magazine did. End result - they find the same result. Should Businessworld now expect a legal notice? Other publications that have carried the story are:

Hindustan Times [Google Cache link]
Mumbai Mirror [pdf link]
Daily Pioneer (Delhi)
Indian Express
NDTV
DNA India
Business Standard
News Today (Chennai)
CNet
MSNBC (Glenn Reynolds). Also here
New York Times (via CNet)
Outlook India
Al-Jazeerah (story: Bloggin in Asia: Ain’t Safe no more)
Bangkok Post

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Abhishek
October 22nd, 2005, 4:31 am | #

Has someone filed a PIL against them???

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Jagan Mohan
October 22nd, 2005, 6:03 am | #

The last nail on the IIPM coffin.
Unless IIPM does something drastic like apologising sincerely, they can say their last prayers.

Next Bully will think twice before acting smug.

oooopss I almost feel rooting for IIPM who is now the underdog!

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Kaps
October 22nd, 2005, 6:31 am | #

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Sakshi
October 22nd, 2005, 7:04 am | #

Finally, some-one from the media had the balls totalk about the ‘Truth & Nothing But The Truth’.

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Aswin
October 22nd, 2005, 12:05 pm | #

The cnet story went to NYT…
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1025_3-5906720.html
(got the link from Zoo Station)

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DesiPundit » A correspondence with a future lecturer at IIPM
October 22nd, 2005, 1:13 pm | #

[...] ies bloggers’ actions and advises everyone not to do a degree there. Check out our MSM roundup on IIPM if you haven’t yet.  
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aNTi
October 22nd, 2005, 11:32 pm | #

The Indian blogging community (or blogosphere, as it likes to call itself) is essentially a bitchy, self-indulgent and an almost incestuous network comprising journalists, wannabe-writers and a massive army of geeks who give vent to their creative ambitions on the internet. Given that the average blogger-age is 25 years, it’s clear bloggers love to indulge in hearty name-calling and taking college-style potshots at others. This is probably why some of them get into trouble.

Is it just me, or does everyone who blogs find this description offensive too?

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Prasenjeet
October 23rd, 2005, 7:14 pm | #

aNTi: I noticed that too, surprising reaction has been so muted. It’s especially amusing because at least two of those adjectives (self-indulgent and bitchy) can easily be applied on Outlook itself (I used to be a regular reader).

I’m putting the snarkiness down to professional condescension from a journalist who can’t get used to the fact that his readers now have a voice, and a highly effective medium for that voice at that.

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DesiPundit » Blog Quake Day
October 23rd, 2005, 7:18 pm | #

[...] at IIPM appears to stand on.  Both the international and the national mainstream media took note of the exceptional way in which the Indian blog [...]

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Indian American
October 23rd, 2005, 10:54 pm | #

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Abhishek
October 24th, 2005, 1:54 am | #

Very happy to see this being taken up by mainstream media.

Congratulations on a strategic victory.

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Abhishek
October 25th, 2005, 3:01 pm | #

Great to know its on the mainstream media… prospective students will now be more vigilant. Congrats!!!

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Satyen Kale
October 28th, 2005, 1:05 am | #

Yet another publication for your list: webpronews.com. Though they do misspell Gaurav’s name…

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