This is not to say, that we made no mistakes- I am sure we inadvertently made a few- as did every department of government, when faced with a situation that India has never dealt with before.
The government screwed up and so did the media. The media is now rightly going hammer and tongs after the government. But the question is, who will watch the watchmen?
All these news channels need to have ombudsmen if they do not already.