NEW DELHI, March 13 -- The recent verdict of the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) castigating three leading channels -- Times Now, Zee News and News 18 -- for airing blatantly communal shows exposes the rot set in the media, especially electronic and social media. The Authority's ire at the news channels was based on a couple of incidents. In one instance, Times Now went overboard in reporting that the now banned People's Front of India, during a protest in Pune, raised 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans, which was false. In another instance, Zee News while discussing India's population explosion faulted with the Muslim community for the same. To substantiate its claim, the channel used unsubstantiated data and statistic...