A Story of Complicity

A Story of Complicity: Statistical Relationship between a Newspaper and a Politician

* The writer supports freedom of thought, freedom of expression and freedom of press as sort of absolute values.
* This analysis by him is in good faith and may not be construed as intrusion in anyone’s privacy and freedom.
* Since newspapers are public entities (though they are privately owned), and politicians public personalities, the writer as a reader and as a citizen may use his freedom to question and criticize both.
* The writer is a keen reader of the newspapers. In the month of May 2014 he noticed unusual news coverage given to one politician “P” in the newspaper “N.”
* When the month of May completed, the writer took a stock of that coverage.
* Here is the table that shows the detail of the news coverage which emerged out of this exercise:
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