Late in the evening of Monday, May 22, multiple Indian electronic media outlets began to air reports of a presumed explosion near the Pentagon in Washington, United States. While some shared a brief news update on their social media platforms, others telecast in their bulletin an image of a dark cloud of smoke billowing out of a structure presumably close to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n
Around 7:45 pm in the evening, the news channel, Republic, aired the visuals on television and invited a ‘strategic expert’ to shed some light on the incident. The tickers running at the bottom of the screen displayed messages such as, “RT reports explosion near Pentagon”, “Images show huge plumes of smoke”, and “More details awaited on Pentagon situation”.<\/p>\n