The Pioneer symbolises poor journalism

Long back the daily Pioneer lost its credibility. I have absolutely no problem with the fact that it has stolen a march over Organiser and Panchjanya in anti-Muslim rhetoric. But the poor quality of paper on Thursday was nauseating.
On page 1 it said that the 'Muslim fundamentalists' held protest against Bush. The call was given by over two dozen organisations including communists, Samajwadi Party, RLD and many other organsiations. Even this I can bear. But the wrong reporting and blatantly biased story under the headline 'Islamist wrath snarls up traffic' hit an all time low.

"The Jamat participants at the rally, who were joined by the Marxist groups especially some teachers from Delhi University and Jamia Milia Islamia, equated President Bush to a dog, the mythological enemy of Prophet Mohammed." , this was what the story reported.

This absolutely absurd story reflects the absolute mental bankruptcy of the paper. Really the staff has gone mad. What mythology? Who would not feel enraged! Jab aise aise bewaqoof akhbaar chhap rahe hon to kya kaha jaye. Once it was a highly respected paper. Now it has sunk below even the papers that are mouthpieces of organisations and propogate their ideology.
Alas this paper had a tradition of 125 years until it came to Chandan Mitra who got money from BJP to run it. But far from running a healthy right wing paper, it has plummeted to such cheap stories.