Media Coverage
The attacks showcased the increased use of social media and citizen journalism in the way events were reported. Many people discussed the unfolding event on websites such as Twitter and Flickr, which were largely clustered under search tags such as "mumbai" and "attack". The day after the attacks, however, the Indian government asked Mumbai citizens to cease updating Twitter with live coverage of police activity. The New York Times and the BBC offered live text coverage online, as did many Indian bloggers. A map of the attacks was also set up, using Google Maps. The attacks were dubbed by some journalists (and Hillary Clinton) as "India's 9/11", a reference to the September 11 attacks in the United States.
A few days after the attacks the Indian news channel CNN-IBN re-aired a programme called Operation Water Rat, which they had initially aired in February 2006 and which revealed lapses in Indian maritime security. The reporters smuggled crates of apples into Mumbai three times from international waters, by landing their cargo on different beaches nearby.
Read more about this topic: Reactions To The 2008 Mumbai Attacks
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