The media has largely ignored the change that is sweeping India's Muslim community, and continues to play up the extreme voices because they make 'news'.
Journalists themselves as victims and perpetrators of sexual violence is new territory for the media to handle, and balance has been difficult to maintain.
There is not a single digital company among India's largest media companies, as yet. Only six percent of advertising last year went to digital.
We learn from this fast-paced account how a competitive, scandal-seeking and invasive media turns out, warts and all, to be a pretty good friend to those seeking justice for Babli and Manoj.
Channels varied widely in air time given to same story, ranging from 5 minutes to 44 minutes, or 1 minute plus to 37 minutes plus for a single story.
Some news channels instantly went to war. The news crawler on Aaj Tak said,"Declare Pakistan a terror state." Few aspired to objectivity.
In 2012 the North East made more news than usual on the front pages of national dailies and on prime time news. But this was not sustained.
A survey conducted by Australian institutes found that 86 per cent of Indians trust domestic media coverage.
A monitoring of advertisements appearing on news channels shows that adhering to the TRAI's 12 minutes per hour limit will be tough for the Hindi news channels.
Saturation coverage of the Delhi gangrape case allowed the public to mourn and women's safety to get adequate airing.