That is why a professional approach is not taken even to newsstories which embarrass the government of the day. Swaraj could have chosen a different time to propose a media council for television on the lines of the Press Council. A.B. Vajpayee seems to think defence matters should not be closely scrutinised by the media since issues of national security are involved. This is, of course, absurd. The lesson from Kargil and recent events is that more, not less, media attention on defence matters will do good.
Politicians usually turn on the media in times of trouble.
Shooting or gagging the messenger never solved the problem.