Pakistan apologizes on fake Wiki-news

[SpArK]

Pakistan apologizes on fake Wiki-news​

Islamabad, Dec 10: The two mainstream Pakistani newspaper carried apologies for publishing anti-India reports based on fake WikiLeaks cables which had stories of conflict within Indian army and Delhi lending money for militant groups.

On Thursday, Dec 9, The Express Tribune and The News, a partner of the International Herald Tribune, cited allegedly that the US classified documents confirmed its prejudiced Pakistani views and conspiracy possibilities about India, especially about Jammu and Kashmir.

On Friday, Dec 10, both newspapers carried apologies on front pages related to their previous report about India, that led to their publishing about Army generals and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

But another Pakistani daily newspaper, The Nation did not show any regret for publishing fake reports about India, instead it published an editorial headline carrying “India's true face” that rapped India based on the fake WikiLeaks cables. However, The Nation daily is known for promoting anti-India views.

Both Tribune and The News, pointed its finger towards an Online news agency from Islamabad, for publishing fake reports. On enquiries it has been proved that the website of Daily Mail is the first to carry this fake diplomatic cables.

The Express Tribune said, “it deeply regrets publishing this story without doing authentication and apologizes profusely for any inconvenience caused to our valued readers."

The News in its apology said that, it believed in Online agencies report and trusted that the report would have been inspected before the publication. It added, "On further inquiries, we learnt from our sources that the story was fabricated."

Britain's Guardian newspaper reported, “It is the first WikiLeaks case exploited for propaganda purpose”. The British news paper is known to have access to the entire database of WikiLeaks cables.


Pakistan News Paper | India | Anti India | Fake WikiLeaks | Apologizes - Oneindia News

 

[amigo]

now it has become clear that all threads started like "india, iran support TTP", "indian army support hindu terrorists", kashmir is like bosnia etc etc were started on fake basics.

 

[RPK]

Get over it!

 

[Qasibr]

What are the Indo media's sources though? Please point out the expess news article, and the article from The News.

 

[Awesome]

There were 2 articles based on these fake leaks... I wonder who started them in the first place

 

[StingRoy]

What are the Indo media's sources though? Please point out the expess news article, and the article from The News.

Pakistani media: Fake WikiLeaks cables attacking India published – The Express Tribune

Couldn't find The News article, but Dawn mentions about it. So I am hoping it was probably in the print media.
http://www.dawn.com/2010/12/10/pakistan-media-retract-fake-wikileaks-story.html

 

[FreekiN]

You know you can read the wikileaks yourself, online, right?

They are pretty interesting.

http://213.251.145.96/