Fact, not alleged

IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/06/2013

Is it a new faith in the police which have not always managed to get convictions, or the belief that anybody with any opportunity will be corrupt or criminal? Most media outlets don't use 'alleged' or 'claimed' any more when dishing out unsourced information about the IPL scandal. Both the Delhi and Mumbai police are leaking like sieves and credulous media have become a sponge. It is as if 'said so' is now 'yes, its true'.