Reading the news: a worksheet

SC to hear Centre’s contempt plea against appointment of Jharkhand DGP

4 reports from 3 outlets over 6 hours.

1. HT Hindustan Times · 14 h
   SC to hear Centre’s contempt plea against appointment of Jharkhand DGP

   Words only this outlet used: SC.

2. BB Bar and Bench · 12 h
   Centre moves Supreme Court against Jharkhand DGP appointment
3. HT Hindustan Times · 12 h
   Centre moves SC to scrap Jharkhand DGP appointment

   Words only this outlet used: SC, scrap.

4. TH The Hindu News · 8 h
   Supreme Court to hear Centre’s contempt plea against appointment of Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra

   Words only this outlet used: Tadasha Mishra.

Questions

1. Which words do most headlines share? Which words does only one outlet use, and what do they stress?

2. Who reported it first, and how long did the others take? Does “first seen by Huduku” mean they broke the story?

3. How many different owners carried it? Do any outlets share an owner, or nearly the same words?

4. Which outlets you know did not carry it? What might explain that?

5. What is the original source (a judgment, notice, speech or set of figures)? Find it. Does any headline say more than the source does?

6. If you shared one of these headlines, which would it be, and why?

Each headline links to the outlet’s own report. Huduku shows headlines only. https://huduku.org/story/2828