There is hardly an anchorperson bold enough to outrightly defend what Salmaan stood for and the politicians are a foregone conclusion anyway. . . .The worst part is that the lower class folks I came across on Tuesday unanimously supported his death, ranging from the cooks to the chowkidars. They all said that he stood for blasphemy and deserved to die. The military has the might but it also has its limitations as such extremists are present in its midst as well . . . what we saw the evening he died was television channels, including the Pakistan TV, giving the religious personalities lot of time to justify the killing . . . the Urdu press is overwhelmingly sensational and gives front page coverage to the religious extremists with banner headlines.