For media everything sells... Good news ok.. bad news awesome...
On topic: Rathore whatever he meant off the record or on the record, one thing is clear. Dont judge GOI by what past governments had done or posturing. This one is a bit different. If you corner this govt, most likely tghey will come out guns blazing.. Having two ex army folks VK Singh and Rathore gets a whole different angle to our actual capability and reach which other govts in the past did not have that much insights readily.
About media, as i said everything sells.. the more its controversial, the more media flames it up.. look at Indrani Sheena murder case.. all you get is full pages of investigation and leaks. As if the replaying again and again of gruesome murder or the exclusive leaks is only thing we want to know. Unfortunately media still does not know where to draw a line between responsible reportings and greed for profit