Interesting contrast

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/10/2012

Dainik Jagran and the Pioneer may be both right wing pro-BJP newspapers, but they have behaved differently in reporting the Nitin Gadkari episode. Whereas the Pioneer has been playing down the story, and its chief editor goes on television to deflect blame from Mr Gadkari, Jagran has been reporting the revelations with as much zeal as any other paper, and even suggested editorially that perhaps Mr Gadkari should step down from leading the party.

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