Kargil was the first televised war in 1999 and it helped Atal Bihari Vajpayee win the next elections. We are not at war, yet, with Pakistan, but it feels like we are. Our media today is running stories without any verification, romanticising war and spreading false nationalism. In the 88th episode of Media Bol, Urmilesh discusses with senior journalists Siddharth Varadarajan and Ashutosh, the consequences of these un verified reports shared by media.

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