Reading the news: a worksheet

Internet Access A Fundamental Right For Every Individual, Including Children, Says SC

7 reports from 6 outlets over 7 hours.

1. ND NDTV · 15 h
   Internet Access A Fundamental Right For Every Individual, Including Children, Says SC

   Words only this outlet used: Every Individual.

2. IT India Today · 14 h
   Access to internet fundamental right, even for children: SC rejects age-based ban

   Words only this outlet used: based.

3. NI The New Indian Express · 13 h
   Children have fundamental right to access internet, blanket ban impermissible, says SC

   Words only this outlet used: impermissible.

4. AL ABP Live · 12 h · changed
   Internet Access A Fundamental Right, Even For Children: SC Rejects Age-Related Blanket Ban

   Words only this outlet used: Related.

   Earlier headline Supreme Court Says Internet Access A Fundamental Right, Rejects Blanket Ban For Children · change seen 17 Oct, 3:35 pm?

5. Sc Scroll · 10 h
   Internet access a fundamental right for all, including children, says SC
6. IT India Today · 8 h
   Supreme Court declares internet access a fundamental right for children

   Words only this outlet used: Supreme Court declares.

7. ET The Economic Times · 8 h
   'Children have fundamental right to access internet'

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?

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