Propaganda by media

Zafar Sobhan was unable to explain how the 'minority' Muslim population in India surged from 9.84% in 1947 to 14.09% in 2011 despite supposed 'lack of safety' while the Hindu population in Bangladesh has been on a serious decline.

One of the strategies employed by DW News to give political colour to religious violence against Hindus was the frequent reference to India.

BBC imparted a political angle to the attacks by claiming that Hindus were largely 'supporters of Sheikh Hasina' and that any attack on them was the consequence of their political affiliation and not religious identity.

Rajdeep Sardesai brazened out, "Are we saying my friends that whenever a heinous crime occurs in this country, the chief minister must resign? That's a dangerous political game to play."

"Are people being killed? If yes, then how many have been killed? We have not received this number yet," Akash Banerjee floated rhetorical questions to avoid holding Islamists accountable for attacking Hindus.

Shazia Ilmi had left the primetime debate of Rajdeep Sardesai half-way after he asked to cut off the mic of the BJP spokesperson. Despite this, the cameraman kept filming without her consent.

Though a late entrant in this game of whitewashing, The Hindu made it clear that it will not fall far behind its global counterparts in peddling agenda in the name of news editorial.

On Saturday (13th July) morning, the Chief US correspondent of PTI Lalit K Jha clarified that no such telephonic conversation had occurred.

Shoaib Daniyal not only downplayed Hinduphobia in the UK as a 'political construct' but suggested that organisations (with supposed ties to the BJP and RSS) were influencing politics in the country through 'Hindutva.'

The accusations of sexual harassment levelled by wife of Kargil war martyr Indu Singh were directed towards State government officials and not officers in the Indian army.