Michael Boulos visits Kerala on private trip, meets US ambassador but not CM

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How did the left and right cover Michael Boulos visits Kerala on private trip, meets US ambassador but…?

Of the 13 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 31% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 69% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 18. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Michael Boulos visits Kerala on private trip, meets US ambassador but… left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 13 rated outlets on this story, 31% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 69% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Michael Boulos visits Kerala on private trip, meets US ambassador but… biased?

Michael Boulos visits Kerala on private trip, meets US ambassador but not CM is one event reported by 18 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Michael Boulos visits Kerala on private trip, meets US ambassador but…?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Michael Boulos visits Kerala on private trip, meets US ambassador but…?

18 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Did Michael Boulos meet Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan?

The Chief Minister’s Office denied that Satheesan met Boulos. Satheesan met US Ambassador Sergio Gor, who accompanied Boulos on the visit, but no meeting with Boulos was confirmed. The denial was reported by OnManorama and India Today.

What did US Ambassador Sergio Gor and Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan discuss?

The New Indian Express reported that Gor and Satheesan discussed higher education, tourism, culture, investment and maritime development. Satheesan proposed an Invest Desk in the US to connect American companies with opportunities in Kerala. None of the right-rated digests mentioned these topics.

Was Michael Boulos’s visit to Kerala official or private?

An American Embassy official told PTI that Boulos was visiting India in a personal capacity, not on an official trip. The visit was described as private by multiple outlets, including OnManorama and The New Indian Express.