Different prisms

IN Media Watch Briefs | 22/05/2016

How did Hindi and Urdu newspapers from the same media stable report the Assembly election results?  This blog compared the headlines on May 20  for  Inquilab and Dainik Jagran which have the same publisher, as also for  Roznama Sahara and Rashtriya Sahara. Inquilab’s headline for that day translates as ‘Saffron Shadow’, whereas that of the Hindi daily reads, “Bhari Bhajapa ki jholi, Congress aur simti” (BJP’s kitty fills up, Congress shrinks further). Roznama Sahara’s headline the day after was, “Amma aur Didi ki shandar wapsi” (Grand comeback of Amma and Didi), while Rashtriya Sahara  banner’s headline reads, “Bhajpa, Jaya, Mamata ne racha itihas” (‘BJP, Jaya,  Mamata script history’).