 According to V. Sambandan, Sri Lanka Special Correspondent for the Indian English daily "The Hindu", "facts and figures are double sourced, checked and are considered 100% credible".However a Sri Lanka analyst for the prominent Indian English daily "The Hindu", states "TamilNet (www.tamilnet.com) is the unofficial mouthpiece of the Tigers in English.It is a kind of news agency chronicling the conflict as perceived by the LTTE.