Which newspaper do you read? How it could shape your opinions.

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The Robert Wadera News example

Last night every English TV channel carried Arvind Kejriwal's news conference asking how Robert Wadera the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi got so rich so fast. I was expecting to read more about it in this morning's papers.

I subscribe to the "Deccan Chronicle" and "The Hindu". As I sat at the dining table sipping my sugar-free filter coffee and munching on my digestive biscuits, I noticed that while The Hindu thought that the story deserved front page mention, The Deccan Chronicle did not breathe a word about it in their front page. "What's a 300 crore scam in this day of lakhs of crores of scams", the DC must have thought. "The public don't care about these piddly little scams, and who in Vizag bothers about Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law?"


I am yet to compare the Telugu dailies. However the comparison of the front page of the two English papers shed light on how public opinion is shaped. A study on the political awareness of The Hindu and Deccan Chronicle Readers should show up some interesting revelations. Management and political science students should take this up as a project. The situation will get even more interesting when the Times of India launches in Vizag. I can't wait. 

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Anonymous said…
Must see how the TOI reports on Vizag
3:31 pm
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