Aditya Sinha, former editor-in-chief of DNA and The New Indian Express, said while it’s true that the Indian media is ignorant, lazy and jumps the gun in interpreting innocuous events as something sinister, he would also have to blame the organisers for not doing their PR properly. Sinha pointed out that most reporters and writers in India are not specialists but generalists. “While that is often cited as evidence of their shallowness of knowledge, it also is evidence of their dexterity and their ability to reach multiple levels of society, unlike other professionals,” said Sinha. It’s a generous point, but it doesn’t change how well Khali and Steele duped Indian journalists.