Just Another Controversy?

The blogworld has been upto some kick ass activism in the last few days, the latest in the order being my favourite JAM magazine versus IIPM an institution whose reputation seems to be turning increasingly seedy given the level to which they've attacked bloggers and the media through some more anonymous sons of anonymous fathers (my favourite pissholes!) on JAM's editor Rashmi's site.
To those who haven't heard this story before, here's a quick recap:
JAM did this gem of an expose on IIPM.
Gaurav Sabnis a blogger who works with IBM gives a link and makes a post questioning the credentials of the self-styled Arindam Chaudhri, (the same panzy looking clown made that Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander wannabe and howler called Rok Sucko To Rok Lo. I remember some terribly laid out ads that tried to make an ass of a movie look like a race horse, in vain of course). As a journalist, I surely will not entertain any more requests by a dubious management school.
I think its dubious cuz I cannot believe that a management school can have a top management which is dumb enough to serves legal notices on JAM and Gaurav, apart from calling his company to demand removal of his posts (failing which the students would burn IBM laptops as a mark of protest).
Just to save IBM of any such controversy, Gaurav resigned his job. He has made a post explaining his decision.
The reason why I think IIPM's think tank is empty is that why would an institute want to attract media attention to the facts it wud rather underplay... facts like how it spent 5.1 crores on advertising and charges lakhs from students for a course that is not recognised as an MBA? Why would it let losers make personal attacks on bloggers and defame themselves???
Any attack on a blogger or freedom of speech and expression amounts to IIPM or its students themselves defaming the brand. A management school ought to know that much about the importance of protecting a brand. Gaurav has only increased his credibility and proved his integrity by resigning and has won the support of hundreds of bloggers. If Arindam had an iota of intelligence, he would focus on doing damage control and ask his team of jokers to shut the fuck up, fire some of them and apologise to Rashmi and Gaurav and issue a statement as a clarification to the expose.
A legal case will only educate more people about lesser known facts about IIPM, its culture of attacking the media and attempts to hide truth and turn public opinion completely against it. An apology and clarification will make peace with an entire world of bloggers, their circle of friends who are obviously enraged at the stupidity of an institute that has cost a blogger his job, and the media itself. Making peace means getting a chance to make yourself heard... a chance to state your case... Which is what IIPM needs badly...
Hmmm... Some one needs a crash course in management at IIPM...
Or at least one in public relations.