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Is Deccan Herald biased?

Polyview rates Deccan Herald Lean Left. Its news coverage is mostly straight, with story choices and framing that tilt slightly left. The rating is relative to the political centre of India, and reflects story selection, framing, word choice and sourcing in its news coverage, plus the weight of its opinion section.

What Deccan Herald chooses to cover (last 72 hours)

Deccan Herald covered 53 stories that other outlets also reported. Across those stories, 41% of the coverage came from left-leaning outlets, 43% from the centre and 16% from the right, against 28% / 47% / 25% across every story on Polyview. It leans towards stories that left-leaning outlets care about. It was first to report 8 of them, and covered 1 story that outlets on the other side largely ignored.

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Who owns Deccan Herald?

Deccan Herald is owned by The Printers (Mysore) (Nettar family) (family-owned).

How factual is Deccan Herald?

Polyview rates the factuality of Deccan Herald High. Its reporting is generally accurate and well sourced, with corrections when it errs.

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Stories Deccan Herald covered

Last 72 hours, compared with how the rest of the press covered them