Media pulled out all the stops to cover the Karnataka Assembly elections, the first state poll in 2013. TV channels predicting and analysing the results were entertaining too, says NUPUR BASU. PIX: Karnataka CM designate K Siddaramaiah.

Asked about the reason for the JD-S defeat in Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy angrily blamed the media. MELWYN PINTO says TV channels played a crucial part in dethroning the BJP in the state, even if they did not particularly promote the Congress.

BBC withdraws regional correspondents totally, to focus on the digital medium. That's not good news for its Hindi service listeners, says MANU MOUDGIL

TV channels jingoistically raised the pitch against Pakistan after Sarabjit Singh's death. UGEN BHUTIA says media should instead have appreciated the government's pro-dialogue stance and advocated peace.

Cosmopolitan sensibilities in premier institutions are often misunderstood by conservative elements in society. SAURAV DUTTA says media must stop pandering to them via cultural vigilantism.

Four Telugu channels spewed moral outrage about a group of students indulging in revelry. A CORRESPONDENT says this invasion of privacy by media amounts to an attack on individual freedom.

It's a far cry from the days of the Taliban, when satellite dishes were banned. NUPUR BASU finds that both government and private broadcasters are getting bolder and better. Pic- A programme on BBC Media Action.

Undaunted by criticism of his visit to the Taj Hotel, Ram Gopal Verma went ahead and recreated the attack. ALKA GURHA is not surprised that his offering left the audience cold.

True, the event was being organized by Wharton students, but to attribute it to the University of Pennsylvania and then use this to decry the assault on “academic freedom” is specious. What is the real agenda, asks SAURAV DATTA