Are things being blown out of proportion?

I am not sure what is actually happening ATM are we really at war or are things blown out of proportion by the media? According to Pakistan reddit, the following are false news:

1 - Aircraft being shot down 2 - Karachi being hit 3 - Pakistan requesting financial assistance from other countries

Pakistan reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/s/VaSMxygDsW

There are some other aspects which raise concern like security forces were removed from pahalgam just a few days back before the attack, also Modi's visit was cancelled before the attack. I am not questioning the army here and for sure the pahalgam attack was absolutely done by pakistan but was the attack purposefully not avoided?

My political stance: Every party has vested interest and BJP is the lesser of two evils. Congress would have been better with tharoor as leader.

Extremely polarized folks please refrain from answering.