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but the problem is you guys are expecting a solution with in the system that you guys are refusing to accept.

Ha ha ha... Donkey? You mean Ranil carry Tiger logo?-eelamaya

Look, pal... GOSL has long history of lobbying to foreign governments through foreign agents. We Tails are only start to counter this menace.

This is one extract from a blog (and please note this is not only against Barkha Datt but all the news reporters who covered this tragic incident)
Shoddy journalism

Appalling journalism. Absolute blasphemy! As I watch the news from home, I am dumbfounded to see Barkha Dutt of NDTV break every rule of ethical journalism in reporting the Mumbai mayhem. Take a couple of instances for example:

* In one instance she asks a husband about his wife being stuck, or held as a hostage. The poor guy adds in the end about where she was last hiding. Aired! My dear friends with AK-47s, our national news is helping you. Go get those still in. And be sure to thank NDTV for not censoring this bit of information.
* In another instance, a General sort of suggests that there were no hostages in Oberoi Trident. (Clever.) Then, our herione of revelations calls the head of Oberoi, and the idiot confirms a possibility of 100 or more people still in the building. Hello! Guys with guns, you've got more goats to slay. But before you do, you've got to love NDTV and more precisely Ms. Dutt. She's your official intelligence from Ground zero.

You do not need to be a journalist to understand the basic premise of ethics, which starts with protecting victims first and that is done by avoiding key information from being aired publicly such as but not limited to revealing the number of possible people still in, the hideouts of hostages and people stuck in buildings.

Imagine you're one of those sorry souls holed-up in one of those bathrooms, or kitchens. A journalist pulls your kin outside and asks about your last contact on national television, and other prying details. In a bout of emotion, if they happen to reveal more details, you are sure going to hell. Remember these are hotels, where in all likelihood, every room has a television. All a terrorist needs to do is listen to Ms. Barkha Dutt's latest achievement of extracting information from your relative, based on your last phone-call or SMS. And you're shafted courtesy NDTV.1

If the terrorists don't manage to shove you in to your private hell, the journalists on national television will certainly help you get there. One of the criticisms about Barkha Dutt on Wikipedia reads thus:

During the Kargil conflict, Indian Army sources repeatedly complained to her channel that she was giving away locations in her broadcasts, thus causing Indian casualties.

Looks like the idiot journalist has not learnt anything since then. I join a number of bloggers pleading her to shut up.

Cornered Tigers look to India
By Sudha Ramachandran

BANGALORE - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is in dire straits. Territory under its control is shrinking by the day and the Sri Lankan armed forces are knocking on the door of its political headquarters, Kilinochchi.
Things have never looked this bad for the LTTE. Two years ago it was in control of the entire Northern and Eastern provinces. Then territory began slipping out of its grip in the east. It was driven out of the Eastern province in July 2007. And in the past year-and-a-half, it has been losing ground in Northern province as well, having suffered serious military reverses.

Chennai airport undertight security
Chennai Dec 3 : Security at the Chennai airport has been tightened further with the deployment of six 'Quick Reaction Teams' following an alert from the central agencies

Chennai airport undertight security
Chennai Dec 3 : Security at the Chennai airport has been tightened further with the deployment of six 'Quick Reaction Teams' following an alert from the central agencies

Each team comprising one Sub-Inspector and six Head constables would be under the overall command of Assistant Commissioner of Police.

Looks like the idiot journalist has not learnt anything since then. I join a number of bloggers pleading her to shut up.