Most of those who are calling The Wire out today will likely side with them tomorrow on ideological narrative building, forgetting The Wire's history of shoddy reporting. That is 'liberal' privilege.
Around one week after the Godhra massacre of 27 February 2002, there was a malicious email circulated, copied from an Islamic website purporting to be a news portal, making horrible character assassinating and fake charges on the dead kar sewaks of Godhra.
How India vs Pakistan match ended up being part of larger break-India conspiracy with elements from across the border as well as some of the Ummah from our side of border co-conspired.