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The Telegraph (India)

February 15, 2024

Not to be confused with The Daily Telegraph.

The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper competes with The Times of India. The newspaper is the eighth most-widely read English language newspaper in India as per Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2019.[2]

The Telegraph
The 20 August 2013 front page of
The Telegraph
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)ABP Group
Editor-in-chiefAtideb Sarkar
Founded7 July 1982; 41 years ago (1982-07-07)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
CountryIndia
Circulation352,972 Daily[1] (as of December 2019)
Sister newspapersAnandabazar Patrika
OCLC number271717941
Websitewww.telegraphindia.com

The Telegraph has three editions Kolkata, South Bengal and North Bengal.[3][4]

History edit

The Telegraph was founded on 7 July 1982. The design director of London's The Sunday Times, Edwin Taylor, designed the newspaper and provided a standard in design and editing. In 31 years, it has become the largest-circulation English daily in the eastern region published from Kolkata. In 1982, M. J. Akbar used to edit and design the daily newspaper; thus it had a major impact on newspaper journalism in India.

The Telegraph is published by media group Ananda Publishers closely associated with ABP Pvt. Ltd; the group also published Anandabazar Patrika (a Bengali language newspaper) since 13 March 1922.[5] Apart from newspapers the group even published Bengali and English periodicals like Anandamela, Unish-Kuri, Sananda, Anandalok, Desh magazine, The Telegraph in Schools and Career.

Businessworld, which was initially part of the ABP group, has been sold to Anurag Batra, of Exchange4Media and Vikram Jhunjhunwala, an investment banker for an undisclosed amount.[6]

The paper currently has three editions Calcutta, South Bengal and North Bengal. Previous editions include Northeast edition (Guwahati split), Jharkhand edition (Jamshedpur and Ranchi splits), Patna and Bhubaneshwar editions. Bhubaneshwar & Patna Editions ceased on 14 December 2018 and Northeast and Jharkhand editions on 20 May 2020.[7]

Editorial stance edit

According to an analysis of the major English language newspapers in India, during the run up to the 2014 Indian general election, the political coverage of The Telegraph was found to be less aligned in favor of the Bharatiya Janata Party and less negative of the Indian National Congress relative to that of The Times of India and the Hindustan Times.[8]

In a 2020 Newslaundry article, the paper's coverage of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the central government and that of the Bengal government were contrasted; according to it the paper provided more critical coverage of the former and less of the latter in its editorials and frontpage headlines.[9] In an interview to Outlook, The Telegraph editor R. Rajagopal rejected the conception that it was harsher on the former and soft of the latter, stating that the scope of the events decide the prominence they receive in the paper which is being noticed because only a few others are providing similar coverage and that the tendency among media outlets to seek a false balance just to be able to claim neutrality was detrimental to journalism.[10]

Criticism edit

In 2016, The Telegraph, in its edition took a jibe at the then HRD Minister Smriti Irani, who gave a speech on nationalism in the Lok Sabha, by calling her "Aunty National".[11] This incident was widely criticized by many, who described the usage of such term as 'sexist' and 'misogynistic'.[12][13][14] The News Minute wrote, "Smriti Irani deserves all the criticism we can cobble up together, but for her politics and policies. Personal attacks based on her age and gender do not bode well, and contribute to debasing the discourse on important issues. What we are perhaps forgetting is that in adopting such an acrimonious discourse against those who threaten our liberalism, and by cheering-on such headlines, we are threatening the very idea of the liberalism that we want to foster.[15]

In 2020, The Press Council of India issued a show-cause notice to the editor of The Telegraph for its frontpage headline for the news report about former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's nomination to the Rajya Sabha. In its frontpage headline, The Telegraph wrote, "Kovind, not Covid, did it" – a reference to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] In a press release, the Press Council said "satirical comments ridiculing and denigrating the first citizen of the country is uncalled for and beyond the call of fair journalistic content".[17]

The Telegraph's headline, comparing the president to a virus, was also called out for being 'disrespectful' to Dalits. Guru Prakash, Assistant Professor (Law), Patna University and Adviser at Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DICCI), said in a piece in India Today that the headline was "indicative of the deep-seated caste-based prejudice of the establishment". He added, "The establishment entails the ones who control and dominate the narrative in academia and the media."[18]

According to Tarun Ganguly, a former bureau chief at The Telegraph, the idea behind such headlines is to be 'catchy'. Another former editor of The Telegraph states that such headlines started when Aveek Sarkar was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. He added that Sarkar preferred a 'shock-factor' and thought these would generate more impact.[19]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (languages wise)" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2019" (PDF). Newswatch.in. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ Media Newsline.com Retrieved on 30 October 2009
  4. ^ Retrieved on 30 October 2009
  5. ^ "ABP Group launches Bengali tabloid, Ebela". afaqs. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  6. ^ Bhattacharyya, Anushree. . Financial Express. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  7. ^ Tiwari, Ayan Sharma,Ayush. "Telegraph closes operations in Northeast and Jharkhand, lays off over 35 staff". Newslaundry.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Barclay, Francis P.; Pichandy, C.; Venkat, Anusha (1 June 2014). "Indian Elections, 2014: Political Orientation of English Newspapers". Asia Pacific Media Educator. 24 (1): 7–22. doi:10.1177/1326365X14539215. ISSN 1326-365X. S2CID 144589776.
  9. ^ Sharma, Ayan. "Tough on Modi, soft on Mamata: How Telegraph covered Covid responses by two governments". Newslaundry. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ^ Yadav, Puneet Nicholas. "Credibility of Media Has Reached A Nadir That Audience Doesn't Care: Telegraph Editor R Rajagopal". Outlook. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  11. ^ "The Telegraph calls Smriti Irani "Aunty National"; Twitter reacts".
  12. ^ Rizwan, Sahil (25 February 2016). ""The Telegraph" Is Being Called Sexist For Calling Smriti Irani "Aunty-National"". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  13. ^ Dasgupta, Piyasree (25 February 2016). "Why I'm Miffed With The Telegraph For Their 'Aunty National' Headline". HuffPost. from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  14. ^ Talukdar, Sreemoy (25 February 2016). "Aunty National: The Telegraph has denigrated women, and itself, by carrying such a misogynist headline". Firstpost. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  15. ^ Muralidharan, Kavitha (25 February 2016). "Why The Telegraph's 'Aunty National' dig at Smriti Irani needs to be called out". The News Minute. from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  16. ^ "'The Telegraph' gets Press Council notice for 'Kovind-Covid' wordplay on former CJI's RS nomination". Scroll.in. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  17. ^ "'Satirical comments ridiculing President uncalled for': Press Council sends notice to Telegraph for headline". Newslaundry. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  18. ^ Prakash, Guru (18 March 2020). "Comparing President Kovind to Covid-19 is disrespectful to Dalits". India Today. from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  19. ^ Mitra, Dola (27 May 2018). "Making Headlines". Outlook India. from the original on 5 September 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website  
  • The Telegraph (e-paper)
  • The Telegraph on Twitter  

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Not to be confused with The Daily Telegraph The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982 It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper competes with The Times of India The newspaper is the eighth most widely read English language newspaper in India as per Indian Readership Survey IRS 2019 2 The TelegraphThe 20 August 2013 front page ofThe TelegraphTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s ABP GroupEditor in chiefAtideb SarkarFounded7 July 1982 41 years ago 1982 07 07 LanguageEnglishHeadquarters6 Prafulla Sarkar Street Kolkata West Bengal IndiaCountryIndiaCirculation352 972 Daily 1 as of December 2019 Sister newspapersAnandabazar PatrikaOCLC number271717941Websitewww wbr telegraphindia wbr comMedia of IndiaList of newspapersThe Telegraph has three editions Kolkata South Bengal and North Bengal 3 4 Contents 1 History 2 Editorial stance 3 Criticism 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe Telegraph was founded on 7 July 1982 The design director of London s The Sunday Times Edwin Taylor designed the newspaper and provided a standard in design and editing In 31 years it has become the largest circulation English daily in the eastern region published from Kolkata In 1982 M J Akbar used to edit and design the daily newspaper thus it had a major impact on newspaper journalism in India The Telegraph is published by media group Ananda Publishers closely associated with ABP Pvt Ltd the group also published Anandabazar Patrika a Bengali language newspaper since 13 March 1922 5 Apart from newspapers the group even published Bengali and English periodicals like Anandamela Unish Kuri Sananda Anandalok Desh magazine The Telegraph in Schools and Career Businessworld which was initially part of the ABP group has been sold to Anurag Batra of Exchange4Media and Vikram Jhunjhunwala an investment banker for an undisclosed amount 6 The paper currently has three editions Calcutta South Bengal and North Bengal Previous editions include Northeast edition Guwahati split Jharkhand edition Jamshedpur and Ranchi splits Patna and Bhubaneshwar editions Bhubaneshwar amp Patna Editions ceased on 14 December 2018 and Northeast and Jharkhand editions on 20 May 2020 7 Editorial stance editAccording to an analysis of the major English language newspapers in India during the run up to the 2014 Indian general election the political coverage of The Telegraph was found to be less aligned in favor of the Bharatiya Janata Party and less negative of the Indian National Congress relative to that of The Times of India and the Hindustan Times 8 In a 2020 Newslaundry article the paper s coverage of the response to the COVID 19 pandemic by the central government and that of the Bengal government were contrasted according to it the paper provided more critical coverage of the former and less of the latter in its editorials and frontpage headlines 9 In an interview to Outlook The Telegraph editor R Rajagopal rejected the conception that it was harsher on the former and soft of the latter stating that the scope of the events decide the prominence they receive in the paper which is being noticed because only a few others are providing similar coverage and that the tendency among media outlets to seek a false balance just to be able to claim neutrality was detrimental to journalism 10 Criticism editIn 2016 The Telegraph in its edition took a jibe at the then HRD Minister Smriti Irani who gave a speech on nationalism in the Lok Sabha by calling her Aunty National 11 This incident was widely criticized by many who described the usage of such term as sexist and misogynistic 12 13 14 The News Minute wrote Smriti Irani deserves all the criticism we can cobble up together but for her politics and policies Personal attacks based on her age and gender do not bode well and contribute to debasing the discourse on important issues What we are perhaps forgetting is that in adopting such an acrimonious discourse against those who threaten our liberalism and by cheering on such headlines we are threatening the very idea of the liberalism that we want to foster 15 In 2020 The Press Council of India issued a show cause notice to the editor of The Telegraph for its frontpage headline for the news report about former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi s nomination to the Rajya Sabha In its frontpage headline The Telegraph wrote Kovind not Covid did it a reference to the COVID 19 pandemic 16 In a press release the Press Council said satirical comments ridiculing and denigrating the first citizen of the country is uncalled for and beyond the call of fair journalistic content 17 The Telegraph s headline comparing the president to a virus was also called out for being disrespectful to Dalits Guru Prakash Assistant Professor Law Patna University and Adviser at Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce amp Industry DICCI said in a piece in India Today that the headline was indicative of the deep seated caste based prejudice of the establishment He added The establishment entails the ones who control and dominate the narrative in academia and the media 18 According to Tarun Ganguly a former bureau chief at The Telegraph the idea behind such headlines is to be catchy Another former editor of The Telegraph states that such headlines started when Aveek Sarkar was the editor in chief of the newspaper He added that Sarkar preferred a shock factor and thought these would generate more impact 19 See also editList of newspapers in India by circulation List of newspapers in the world by circulationReferences edit Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers languages wise PDF Audit Bureau of Circulations Retrieved 5 January 2020 Indian Readership Survey IRS 2019 PDF Newswatch in 30 June 2020 Retrieved 16 June 2020 Media Newsline com Retrieved on 30 October 2009 About The Telegraph Retrieved on 30 October 2009 ABP Group launches Bengali tabloid Ebela afaqs 17 September 2012 Retrieved 18 March 2014 Bhattacharyya Anushree Exchange4media s Anurag Batra investment banker Vikram Jhunjhunwala buy Businessworld from ABP Financial Express Archived from the original on 18 March 2014 Retrieved 18 March 2014 Tiwari Ayan Sharma Ayush Telegraph closes operations in Northeast and Jharkhand lays off over 35 staff Newslaundry a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Barclay Francis P Pichandy C Venkat Anusha 1 June 2014 Indian Elections 2014 Political Orientation of English Newspapers Asia Pacific Media Educator 24 1 7 22 doi 10 1177 1326365X14539215 ISSN 1326 365X S2CID 144589776 Sharma Ayan Tough on Modi soft on Mamata How Telegraph covered Covid responses by two governments Newslaundry Retrieved 17 July 2021 Yadav Puneet Nicholas Credibility of Media Has Reached A Nadir That Audience Doesn t Care Telegraph Editor R Rajagopal Outlook Retrieved 16 July 2021 The Telegraph calls Smriti Irani Aunty National Twitter reacts Rizwan Sahil 25 February 2016 The Telegraph Is Being Called Sexist For Calling Smriti Irani Aunty National BuzzFeed Retrieved 5 September 2023 Dasgupta Piyasree 25 February 2016 Why I m Miffed With The Telegraph For Their Aunty National Headline HuffPost Archived from the original on 16 May 2022 Retrieved 5 September 2023 Talukdar Sreemoy 25 February 2016 Aunty National The Telegraph has denigrated women and itself by carrying such a misogynist headline Firstpost Retrieved 5 September 2023 Muralidharan Kavitha 25 February 2016 Why The Telegraph s Aunty National dig at Smriti Irani needs to be called out The News Minute Archived from the original on 5 September 2023 Retrieved 5 September 2023 The Telegraph gets Press Council notice for Kovind Covid wordplay on former CJI s RS nomination Scroll in 18 March 2020 Retrieved 5 September 2023 Satirical comments ridiculing President uncalled for Press Council sends notice to Telegraph for headline Newslaundry 18 March 2020 Retrieved 5 September 2023 Prakash Guru 18 March 2020 Comparing President Kovind to Covid 19 is disrespectful to Dalits India Today Archived from the original on 5 September 2023 Retrieved 5 September 2023 Mitra Dola 27 May 2018 Making Headlines Outlook India Archived from the original on 5 September 2023 External links editOfficial website nbsp The Telegraph e paper The Telegraph on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Telegraph India amp oldid 1197043665, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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