Indian mainstream media was never known for journalistic ethics, unbiased reporting or adhering to facts. OpIndia.com, since inception, has been regularly exposing media lies, spins and hitjobs. Thus far, most of these lies were result of either plain incompetence or a hidden political agenda of the author/media outlet. But a shocking hit-job by Cobrapost.com against the Indian army is perhaps an eye opener on how media lies can be a direct threat to national security.
On 8 July 2016, Indian security forces killed infamous Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani, which was followed by violent protests by his supporters in the valley resulting into scores of deaths and hundreds of injuries. Given such a volatile situation, one would expect media to behave responsibly and check all facts before reporting any story related to Kashmir. However, on 16 July 2016, Cobrapost.com (which calls itself a non-profit, investigative news portal) published a piece titled “BREAKING: Chilling Kashmir video speaks volumes about army atrocities”. This article tosses basic principles of journalism into garbage bin to depict an evil picture of the Indian Army.
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