The audacious attack in Mumbai, India on 26 November 2008 was the worst the country had witnessed in a long time. For the first time, extremists belonging to a Pakistan-based terror outfit engaged in active combat on Indian soil for more than 60 hours after navigating entry through the sea route using modern electronic gadgets. The subsequent media coverage, fervent and relentless, yet again revealed an interesting character of media in South Asia with divergent reportage of the same event by Indian and Pakistani press. This article throws light on the behaviour of the media in both countries when state and/or non-state actors are involved in a confliict situation with each other.
