ARSHE AZEEM MISBAHI

Do you know what's wrong with the @IndianExpress map? It doesn't show Urdu though it is the sole pan-Indian language that has millions of speakers in North as well as centre & even tens of millions in Telangana, Karnataka & Maharashtra. If a region has a second language that has substantial figure but not majority, there is a way to reflect it--by using lines or mentioning below in a box or separate footnote that this region has significant population. Just because X is 45 in one region and 30 in other, 0 in third as W is 50 here, but Y is 25, 18 and 20, you erase Y. Intellectual dishonesty, inability to understand data, plain hypocrisy, omission, purposely misrepresenting or just an inherent bias that you can't get rid of. All these states have mass circulated Urdu newspapers. This is the bias that even though data is available, figures are there, no effort is made to even mention in foot note. Then, such people give different reasons or fly at tangent. They have power to publish and misuse it. Otherwise such degree of carelessness or casual attitude, is difficult to understand. Cc: @rajkamaljha sb #IndianExpress #Journalism #Media #BiasedJournalism #CarelessJournalism