Cambodia to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after ceasefire mediation
Cambodia will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize following his role in ending a deadly five-day armed conflict with Thaila...
In the aftermath of India’s May 7 retaliatory strikes on Pakistan, Indian television news descended into an unprecedented frenzy, broadcasting fabricated reports and inflammatory rhetoric that not only contradicted official government messaging but also damaged the country’s international standing and domestic credibility.
While India’s military operation was characterized by government officials as “non-escalatory,” intended as a proportionate response to a terrorist attack on tourists in Kashmir, Indian broadcast news delivered a wildly different narrative. Anchors claimed India had launched full-scale assaults on Karachi’s port, that its army had crossed international borders, that Pakistan’s leadership had fled, and even that a coup had taken place in Islamabad. None of these reports were true.
Yet these fabrications aired with dramatic backdrops of animated fighter jets and sirens. One anchor even called for the destruction of Karachi, while a guest hurled slurs at Iran’s foreign minister, sparking a diplomatic incident. The gap between government communications—measured, factual, and diplomatically cautious—and TV coverage—emotive, nationalistic, and misleading—could not have been wider.
The government, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has long benefited from a supportive media ecosystem. However, this time, the very fervor that has helped project strength backfired. As Manisha Pande, a prominent media critic, noted, “If you’re claiming to be a nationalist news channel at least serve the national interest.”
Instead, the media’s unrestrained jingoism undermined both national security and public understanding. Border communities were left confused by exaggerated reports of drone swarms and mass suicide attacks. With newspapers lagging behind due to the nocturnal timing of the skirmishes, only a handful of fact-checkers and individual citizens helped debunk the torrent of disinformation in real time.
The final blow came with U.S. President Donald Trump’s unexpected May 10 ceasefire announcement, bringing hostilities to a halt just as Indian media had convinced viewers that total military victory was imminent. The sudden diplomatic resolution triggered disillusionment among the public, which had been led to expect nothing short of Pakistan’s defeat.
The backlash was immediate. Nationalists turned on the government, accusing it of capitulation. Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and his family faced personal online abuse, and the BJP scrambled to contain the fallout. Modi delivered a national address on May 12, insisting that India would not enter broad talks with Pakistan despite U.S. claims to the contrary. Simultaneously, the BJP announced victory rallies across the country, attempting to recapture a sense of momentum.
Yet few were convinced. The government’s credibility suffered not because of battlefield outcomes, but due to the narrative it allowed to flourish on television. Indian TV news, by inflating expectations and distorting facts, transformed a moment of calculated deterrence into one of national confusion and frustration. The media’s descent into unfiltered nationalism may have entertained audiences, but it left the ruling party grappling with the consequences of its own echo chamber.
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