Does the Narmada issue and its emotive appeal in Gujarat predetermine the stylistic and editorial cuts in such a way that ‘an official’s version’ is zealously embraced, putting aside all the qualms about verifying the truth,
Letter to the Hoot: The Hindu gives space to two versions of an assault on an all women fact finding team Narayanpatna, on the same day, with different datelines and sources,
From the news items one cannot make out if this is a case of a few selective leaks or this bias came in from journalists taking out selective bits to make for a good story,
So, when journalists didn’t do their homework well, it became easy for Metro Chief Sreedharan to launch an attack on the CAG of India.
One gets to see more news on the Kosi barrage--under the control and operation of the Government of Bihar--emerging from Nepal-based media houses rather than from the Indian media,
In reporting from the performance audit reports of Rural Employment Schemes the media should go into the details.