Height of speculation

IN Media Watch Briefs | 03/09/2017

What is media speculation worth in a situation where two individuals hold the cards  close to their chests?  Pretty little, it turns out.  Media patter turned creative in the long period that no hard news on portfolios was forthcoming. First the commentators in NDTV's studio (as in a couple of other studios as well) decided that Defence could go to Sushma Swaraj. They they got enthused about it and speculated about how she would do the same mothering act for soldiers that she had done for NRIs. Then it went to Nirmala Sitharaman.   Several channels elaborated on how Nitin Gadkari might get railways to bring all transport related ministries under one minister.  But the portfolio went to Piyush Goyal.