Congress rules newspapers8217; front page: Study

Similar was the case with three Hindi newspapers 8211; Dainik Bhaskar, Hindustan and Dainik Jagran 8211; where Congress ruled the front page with 206 stories compared to BJP8217;s 83.

A total of 854 reports on affairs of political parties found their way to the front pages of the English dailies while the figures for three Hindi newspapers were 416, according to a study conducted by the Centre for Media Studies.

The Left parties, which was in the limelight with their high-pitched battle against the UPA on the nuclear deal, also did not get much front page space during the period, there were only 130 reports from their fold in the English papers. The three Hindi papers published 49 stories during that period.

8220;It is interesting to note that the newspapers gave the Left and the BJP almost equal weightage and even sometimes they preferred Left over the BJP,8221; CMS Media Lab head Prabjakar said. However Mayawati8217;s arch rival Mulayam Singh Yadav8217;s Samajwadi Party8217;s show was dismal with 37 front page stories in English papers and just 11 in Hindi dailies.