Pranshu Verma begged the Washington Post management to spare his position by claiming that the media house was one of the few in India that can do "accountability reporting without fear of government censure." However, his statement, which was intended to portray the Modi government as autocratic and was actually a resume, a loyalty affidavit and an ideological confession consolidated into one, appeared to have fallen on deaf ears.
The report published by NDTV was rife with inaccuracies and yet was exploited by the usual culprits to attack the Hindu community under the pretext of 'caste justice'. The Dalit groom was subjected to an attack but the fact is that it was neither due to his caste nor carried out by general category Hindus. It was a matter of personal enmity as confirmed by the police.