AS the general elections have held, representing inability of parties in winning majority. The election results, as ever predicted, emanated shock, demonstrating unbleached resilience of a party’s vote bank. However, the role of electronic media, on Election Day, has not been up to the mark with respect to fair transmission of information to the public. What their election transmissions showcased was all thrills and elaborated tactics to pump up public sentiments.

Primed upon initial media reports, suggesting PTI-propped candidates on winning trajectory, PTI started claiming majority across the country. Its media cell was breathed new life, in effect, social media platforms enveloped with claims of majority secured by the PTI-propped candidates, irrespective of the nature of result. However, the case of PDM is not worthy either. Giving each other severe dressing down, while on the stump, diverse election results served as retinol for the PDM and the scattered PDM has........

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