A Tale of Two news-websites :)

A brilliant example of how different news agencies percieve news and information differently is on show today (Feb 19th). The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) serving news to IBNLive.com, surveyed some Indian companies and found that salary hikes were going to go down by almost 5%.

"The slowdown-hit Indian corporate sector will reduce annual salary hikes by about five percent, a survey by human resource consultants Hewitt Associates released on Thursday said."

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/payday-will-hurt-5-cut-in-salary-hikes-likely/85822-7.html

On the other hand, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reports on TimesOfIndia.com that India is going to see the highest pay-hike in Asia-Pacific.

"India is projected to witness an average salary hike of 8.2 per cent this year, the highest in the Asia-Pacific region."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India-to-see-highest-pay-hike-in-Asia-Pacific/articleshow/4156703.cms

Well, they're not contrary to each other. A pay-hike of 8.2% might still be 5% less than normal and thereby both the news agencies would be correct. However, one chose to write a positive sounding news item whereas the other went for a negative one. I found that interesting and hence this blog. Thanks for reading :).

-Shri
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