The retaliation was forgotten the next day. India Today ran the hashtag #IndiaFirst and wanted to know “will India mount surgical strike 2.0 after mutilation of jawans?” News stories of former army officers demanding retribution and a high-profile meeting of ministers to be held at the Prime Minister’s residence to discuss the plan of action against Pakistan, were reported but with no mention of the previous day’s news being incorrect. The discussion was back to teaching Pakistan a lesson. There were discussions on what India could do and the pros and cons of military and diplomatic action – through it all there not a murmur of the earlier report which had claimed a retaliation had already taken place.