Re: Kargil; Separating Myth from the Reality
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Eminent Indian columnist, Praful Bidwai berated Indian media for their unethical conduct throughout the conflict. He wrote, "The Indian media was on test as to how fairly it would report and interpret. But overall, it failed miserably," He further added, "The general style of reports was: '50 Pakistanis killed and 11 gallant Indian soldiers laid down their lives'. So our boys became dedicated soldiers and Pakistanis barbarians; our leaders are mature politicians and theirs prisoners of dark forces. It is upto the government to say all that. Why should the media?"
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If some idiots come into your home and threaten to kill you arent these idiots barbarians. That is exactly what the Indian media did. We Indians were sure that these idiots were not soldiers because your own military leadership refused to take ownership for these guys. I dont think that there is any country in the world which refused to take ownership of its own soldiers. They were left there to die.