Can we trust our newspapers?

Everyone knows that the purpose of having the Media is to mould public opinion. This is supposed to be done by collecting facts, analyzing them and then reporting the complete picture after verifying the facts. The Indian media unfortunately is stuck in the pattern of publishing scandalous stories with very little cross checking of facts. The worst part being that these stories actually have great potential to cause social unrest between communities and people.

Here we see three news reports on the very same incident with very different facts! One wonders if anything in these news articles is even real! Gossip seems to be "breaking news" in India.