Monday, May 13, 2013

Hen-pecked editors

Journalism just isn't what it used to be. Chalk it down to haste (to be the first to get something online), or the almost zero cost of 'publishing' these days. As evidence, I present this wonderful example from Cricinfo's pages back in 2011-2012:

 Note the reason for Riaz's absence from the cricket scene: a beak! And an unexplained one at that! It has been more than a year now. Do they finally have an explanation for the sudden appearance of Riaz's nasal appendage? Or will they be theorizing about this occurrence in the history books of the next century?