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Is Mid-day biased?

Polyview rates Mid-day Center. Its news coverage does not consistently favour either side. 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 Mid-day chooses to cover (last 72 hours)

Mid-day covered 21 stories that other outlets also reported. Across those stories, 17% of the coverage came from left-leaning outlets, 62% from the centre and 21% from the right, against 29% / 45% / 26% across every story on Polyview. Its story selection is close to the overall mix. It was first to report 1 of them, and covered 1 story that outlets on the other side largely ignored.

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Who owns Mid-day?

Mid-day is owned by Jagran Prakashan (Gupta family) (family-owned).

How factual is Mid-day?

Polyview rates the factuality of Mid-day Mostly Factual. Its reporting is usually accurate, with occasional errors, loaded headlines or thin sourcing.

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Stories Mid-day covered

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