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ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Thursday, 15 October 2026

Reading the news: a worksheet

One story, as each outlet headlined it. Read the headlines, then work through the questions.

‘Won’t Accept Such Lame Excuses’: Supreme Court Pulls Up ECI Over Missing Karnataka Vote-Counting Video

4 reports from 4 outlets over 7 hours.

How each outlet put it

Highlighted: words only this outlet used

Most outlets used: Accept, Lame, Excuses, Pulls, Missing, Counting

  1. ABP Live
    ‘Won’t Accept Such Lame Excuses’: Supreme Court Pulls Up ECI Over Missing Karnataka Vote-Counting Video

    Words only this outlet used: Such.

  2. Deccan Herald
    Sringeri recounting row| 'Won't accept lame excuses': Supreme Court pulls up Election Commission over missing 2023 counting video

    Words only this outlet used: recounting row, Election Commission.

  3. Scroll
    SC says won’t accept ‘lame excuses’ from EC for claiming it lost Karnataka vote count videos

    Words only this outlet used: EC, claiming, lost, videos.

  4. India Today
    Won't accept lame excuses: SC pulls up ECI over missing 2023 Sringeri poll footage

    Words only this outlet used: poll footage.

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?

Trace it to the source?

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