America
US media makes a splash with Obama's India visit
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By Arun KumarWashington, Jan 26
President Barack Obama's
historic visit to India received prominent coverage in US media with
major newspapers focusing on the breakthrough on the nuclear deal and
splashing pictures of the pomp and pageantry.
The influential New
York Times carried on top of the front page a four-column picture of
Obama reviewing the guard of honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan captioned
"Pomp and Progress".
A detailed story inside was headlined "Obama clears a hurdle to better ties with India".
The
web editions of the Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal
and some other papers splashed several pictures of the visit in
separate photo galleries.
The Post pointed to the coverage inside
with a small single column picture of Obama sipping tea with a laughing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his side.
The caption read: "An
understanding: President Obama begins a three day trip to India and
cites a breakthrough on nuclear impasse."
Inside under a
six-column centre spread in the middle, the Post spoke of "A
'breakthrough' understanding on nuclear issues in India".
Underneath
was a six-column bottom spread about Modi's wife headlined "If he comes
I will go: wife of India's leader, a child bride was kept a secret"
with a single column picture of Jashodaben in a red sari.
The
Washington Times carried on the front page a three-column picture of
Obama showering rose petals on Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi at Raj Ghat with
the caption reading "Making history in India" and a detailed story
inside.
The Chicago Tribune published from Obama's home town too
carried a small single column picture of Obama sipping tea on the front
page with the caption reading "US, India declare a new partnership" with
a detailed story inside.
The Los Angeles Times, however, chose
to focus on lack of progress on climate change with a two-column front
page picture of the smog-covered Indian capital.
Under the
picture captioned "A layer of smog shrouds New Delhi" was a story
headlined: "India's premier rejects US call for climate goal".
The
'breakthrough' on the nuclear deal took the back seat with a smaller
type subheading reading: "Obama does manage to make progress on a deal
to build nuclear reactors for energy".
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at [email protected])