2G scam: Has UPA lost the media war?

Published On: September 22, 2011 | Duration: 30 min, 54 sec

First it was a rash of scams - from the Commonwealth Games and Adarsh Housing Society - to the biggest of them all, the 2G scam, that rocked UPA-2. What followed was nothing short of a disaster. A series of gaffes by its spokespeople and ministers in recent months have resulted in the government struggling to maintain its credibility and pacify an angry public. So just how did things go so horribly wrong for the UPA? How did it misunderstand public sentiment and then fail to counter it? We debate on Left, Right And Centre.