ಹುಡುಕು Huduku · Saturday, 7 November 2026
Reading the news: a worksheet
One story, as each outlet headlined it. Read the headlines, then work through the questions.
DMK councillor booked for ‘defamatory’ remarks against Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
4 reports from 4 outlets over 19 hours.
How each outlet put it
Highlighted: words only this outlet used
Most outlets used:
- The Hindu NewsDMK councillor booked for ‘defamatory’ remarks against Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
Words only this outlet used: defamatory, Tamil Nadu.
- DMK councillor booked over derogatory remarks against CM Vijay
- Chennai police book DMK councillor over derogatory remarks against CM Vijay
Words only this outlet used: Chennai.
- Police registers case against DMK councillor over derogatory remarks against CM Joseph Vijay
Words only this outlet used: registers case, Joseph.
Questions
Which words do most headlines share? Which words does only one outlet use, and what do they stress?
Who reported it first, and how long did the others take? Does “first seen by Huduku” mean they broke the story?
How many different owners carried it? Do any outlets share an owner, or nearly the same words?
Which outlets you know did not carry it? What might explain that?
What is the original source (a judgment, notice, speech or set of figures)? Find it. Does any headline say more than the source does?
If you shared one of these headlines, which would it be, and why?
Trace it to the source?
Stories like this usually start from a document. These are where such documents are published; none is matched to this story.
Each headline links to the outlet’s own report. Huduku shows headlines only. https://huduku.org/story/5908