Often, Indian journalists cite the example of the US press having immunity while publishing the Pentagon papers. Yet it was only after the US press took the lead of publishing the confidential papers risking legal action that the matter came into the public domain. Maxwell says in his blog that he approached not one, not two but five Indian editors before going online with the report. Each one of them had declined the offer fearing “the government would turn its rage upon those who had published it”. Interestingly, now that the documents are in the public domain all prominent news papers and channels have lapped up the issue.