Times of India....

TOI (Times Of India) has been my favourite newspaper for quite some time now. I have read it in three different cities and the mumbai edition is my favourite (I found chandigarh edition to be a lil dull and the Banaglore edition is far too obsessed with Bangalore to be considered a national newspaper).
Of late, there is one thing about it that has been irking me a lot. And that is "as reported by TOI". Along with any thing that TOI thinks was first reported in it, this tagline is highlighted. Agreed its a good paper and the most read English newspaper in the world, but there should be a limit to self-advertisement.
Interestingly, on June 10, it reported quite proudly that Mr Ford is quite keen to join BCCI at the earliest. Everyone knows what happened next. Now i would like to see "unlike what was reported in TOI" line in the paper !! Of course, it was a mistake made by many but there should be something which should separate the best from the common.
I have always appreciated the views aired on TOI, the editorial and columns like Swaminomics. However i think time has come for TOI to go a step further and educate public on important issues. Why wasnt Mr Arjun Singh's name dragged into the discussion when Gujjars were on a rampage?Why is there no attempt to educate ppl on stocks although business sections is regularly printed?Why is there no effort to highlight the fact that Global Warming is a hypothesis proved by none and understood completely by none?
These initiatives may not interest all, but if undertaken regularly, they will benefit a huge cross-section of population. I wonder if TOI will be the first paper to undertake these.