
The media has been scrambling to cover the diplomatic row erupting over a BJP spokesperson's comments on Prophet Mohammed. While the government blamed it on "fringe elements", newspapers lined up to offer editorials and reports on how it played out.
Economic Times and Times of India joined the list of newspapers that published editorials on the row. What they skipped, to no one's surprise, was mentioning that national spokesperson Nupur Sharma's comments had been made during a debate on their sister concern, Times Now.