04-20-2007, 08:03 PM
These UP elections & their media coverage is strange.
1. Every newspaper acknowledges that Congress is a distant 4th in UP. But if you look at the coverage given even to a minor sneeze by a member of the dynasty, you would think that Congress was the only game in town. I am surprised and appalled at seeing every day a picture and story of Rahul/Sonia gandhi in major newspapers reporting on UP. When did you last see a picture of Mulayam, Mayavati, Kalyan Singh or Rajnath singh on the front pages? Weird. Even weirder is that nobody has commented yet on this obvious anomaly.
2. Media tried very hard to make it appear like a SP/BSP game. BJP was mentioned as an insignificant third. Despite all the early media polls showing BJP close to SP & BSP. Now after every exit poll BJP seems to be gaining, media is getting a bit discomfited. Third phase elections exit polls showed that BJP was leading, but ALL the report headlines mentioned that BSP was leading 'overall', and only in the text you could gather that BJP actually led in the third phase.
3. BJP's gains are becoming clearer every day. It also follows the trend in other elections nationwide. It also makes perfect sense.
My prediction: Despite media prophesies, <b>BJP will get the most seats in UP</b>. Can't say yet whether they will manage a simple majority by themselves or not.
1. Every newspaper acknowledges that Congress is a distant 4th in UP. But if you look at the coverage given even to a minor sneeze by a member of the dynasty, you would think that Congress was the only game in town. I am surprised and appalled at seeing every day a picture and story of Rahul/Sonia gandhi in major newspapers reporting on UP. When did you last see a picture of Mulayam, Mayavati, Kalyan Singh or Rajnath singh on the front pages? Weird. Even weirder is that nobody has commented yet on this obvious anomaly.
2. Media tried very hard to make it appear like a SP/BSP game. BJP was mentioned as an insignificant third. Despite all the early media polls showing BJP close to SP & BSP. Now after every exit poll BJP seems to be gaining, media is getting a bit discomfited. Third phase elections exit polls showed that BJP was leading, but ALL the report headlines mentioned that BSP was leading 'overall', and only in the text you could gather that BJP actually led in the third phase.
3. BJP's gains are becoming clearer every day. It also follows the trend in other elections nationwide. It also makes perfect sense.
My prediction: Despite media prophesies, <b>BJP will get the most seats in UP</b>. Can't say yet whether they will manage a simple majority by themselves or not.