irresponsible medea

after four day long nonsence political insident now city discusing on it.weather it was nassesery or not. somebody says that some medea house and journalists made irresponsible work.they published false informetions about the so called journalist named Pathak.they published that Pathak is in sirious condition but they allready knew that it is wrong. for only taking public attention they have made mistek. Now the quastion arrised that this type of irresponsibily are'nt a crime? and if,that was a crime then what type of punishment for it.