Humongous scoop or a chota story?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 04/04/2012

How big a story can be made to sound depends on the angle you give it. If the ed in chief ‘s byline leads three others it makes the story sound suitably important. Then a whole page devoted to it, with a three line banner. Then the angle: govt spooked by army exercise, with hints of the exercise being undertaken on a night when there was a significant development regarding the embattled army chief. Then dark hints about the story being kept under wraps for 11 full weeks. My goodness. On March 13 however Rediff.com had reported the same developments minus the drama—as the story of an army exercise which showed up chinks in the Para Brigade’s capabilities in the event of heavy fog. May be they need to learn from the Indian Express.

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