I Have Always Maintained That Pakistani Media Especially Urdu Press is Full of Extreme Right Wing Supporters

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I have always maintained that Pakistani media especially Urdu press is full of extreme right wing

supporters. They spin the news to suit their nefarious purpose of creating support for Taliban in

the minds of the nave Pakistani public.

I can cite countless examples of this distortion of news. Let us start with Lal Masjid. I havemyself heard Hamid Mir goading Musharraf on Capital Talk as to why writ of government was

not being established in the capital. Lo and behold, no sooner did the Lal Masjid Operation

start, 180 degrees turn. All Lal Masjid thugs became heroes of Islam with GOP & Pak

Commandos portrayed as forces of evil. IMO the spate of suicide bombings after Lal Masjid

affair was directly to highly biased reporting by the bigot Hamed Mir and Pak Dustman TV and

they are indirectly responsible blood shedding of scores of innocent victims.

Reporting on Marriott bombing, Ansar Abbassi tried to create doubts as to where the explosion

occurred . He kept on about some mysterious blue light and US Marine staying on the 4th floor.

No mention of the poor hundred or so dead and the big crater in the front of the hotel. It was a

hotel for Gods sake! Where do you expect US Marine visiting Pakistan to stay? It has now come

to light that it was conducted by Lashkar Jhangvi, however, at that time the bigot Ansar Abbasi

managed to dilute the blame from Taliban anyway.

The confusion Hamid Mir tried to create by saying that Ajmal Kassab was caught in Nepal six

months ago was without any basis whatsoever.

Look at the number of times Gen Hamid Gul and Imran Khan or on Geo TV. Only because these

two people, despite the fact that neither has any mandate from the people, are pro Islamic

terrorists.

Most parties support the Swat Operation as GOP was left with no choice. However Pakistan

Dushman TV (Geo TV) manages to dig out people who are against it, such as Imran Khan and

Khwaja Saad Rafiq of PML-N and lets them have a field day on Hamid Mir program. Even last

night I saw a Mullah from JUI who claimed that the whole Operation was pre-planned and the

deal was done deliberately so show Taliban in a bad light and the blame lies with the

government.

Media is the most powerful tool of propaganda; realized as early as 1930 by Himmler of Nazi

Germany. Do you really think that all Germans during Hitler time supported the heinous crimes

committed by the SS on the orders of Himmler? Certainly not, but Nazi propaganda machinery

created an empathy with the Nazi cause they kept silent.


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I am all for free speech but there are always certain limits especially when it comes to survival

of the state. Pak Dushman media such as GEO TV is playing the same role but not for the

Pakistan State but for the Taliban.

What other proof is needed when Sufi Mohammad openly declaring that he does not acceptPakistan Constitution and democracy is Kufr. Is this not Treason? No not good enough for

Pak Dushman TV, they must give free TV time to supporters of Sufi Mohammad.

In other countries, political parties have to spend lot money to get across their views. In

Pakistan terrorists and traitors are provided it free of cost by Pak Dushman TV and media

terrorists. All this despite the fact that Taliban in Swat had warned the media personnel that

they risk their lives if the report anything against Taliban.

Another example is the military operation against Akbar Bugti. Only Irshad Haqqani has pointed

out that Akbar Bugti died in explosion of a rocket from his own arsenal. It is international law

that any civilian who picks up a gun to fight the State is no longer a civilian but an enemy of the

State! Didn't he actually fight PA with guns?

Not Pak Dushmnn TV. I have heard Hamid Mir referring to him as Akbar Bugti Shaheed? Good

God man! Would not this encourage scores of nave Baluch youth to pick up a gun and

embrace Sahadat fighting PA.?

On the other hand, not a word in praise of the PA jawans who are sacrificing their lives so that

Pak Dushman TV can operate. Allah save Pakistan from the bigotry that most of Urdu columnist

in Jang and on Geo TV are allowing to be propagated in the name of freedom of the press!

The Importance of Media Education

Media education can help young people put current images and messages

about Aboriginal people into perspective by helping them understand

how the media work, why stereotyping exists, how decisions are made,and why "it matters who makes it." Media education is not about learning

the right answers; its about consuming media images with an active,critical mind and asking the right questions.

The following are the kinds of inquiries that can help to raise awareness about the portrayal of

Aboriginal people in movies, television entertainment and current affairs programming.


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that will be recognized by audiences and visually arresting onscreen.

Do Aboriginal people speak in a "normal" way?

A convenient convention of the old Westerns was to have Native people speaking in broken

English, their thoughts and emotions restricted to their limited knowledge of English (and, it wasusually implied, to their limited intellect). This tendency toward simplification has extended insome degree to modern-day characterizations of Aboriginal people. If set in the past, the script

should at least show Aboriginal characters speaking fluently in their own languages. There are

over 350 different North American Aboriginal languagesa fact unacknowledged by the film

industry.

Did the North American Aboriginal exist only between 1830 and 1880 and only on the

American Plains?

With few exceptions, Hollywood seems to have thought so. Native tribes flourished for

thousands of years before the coming of Europeans and today there are over a million CanadianAboriginal people and nearly two million Native Americanssome on reserves and others in

rural and urban communities. Where and how are their realities in todays society depicted by the

media?

Media Violence

This section describes how the depiction of violence is evolving in a number

of media formats. It analyses how, and why, violence is used by theentertainment and information industries, and offers an overview of

research findings, an outline of government responses to the issue, and alook at some of the key arguments in the debate.

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Media Stereotyping

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Online Hate

This section explores the ways in which hate-mongers use the Internet topromote their agenda, examines the line between hate speech and free

speech, provides an overview of relevant legislation and voluntary industry

codes, and suggests ways in which to safeguard children and teens.

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Information Privacy

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provides information about Canadian and international guidelines thataddress the collection, use and storage of personal information.

Role of media in PakistanApril 29, 2010

Media Power: Promises and PitfallsStrengths

Increased media space 40 private Pakistan-owned TV channels, 170 FMstations;Enhanced citizen interestviewership, listenership increasing as well asinteraction;Heightened political engagement cit izens part icipating on i ssues (elections, judges,

terrorism, economy, etc);

Greater awareness of central issues (rol

e of military, politics of coalitions,foreign & domestic policies); and

Vibrant development sector and higher public profile for civil society sector

Weaknesses

Media expansion is too rapid profess ionali sm, standardization , audience profiling is

lacking;

Media contentthere are problems of relevance, quantity and quality;

Over-focus on electoral politics and political whe eling dealing might lead topolitics

fatigue;
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F ie rce r in t ra -media compet i t ion may lead to sensa t iona l i sm as a

r a t i ngs solution (e.g., the footage of a police guard being run over by a suicide vehicle

inLahore caught on tape and played repeatedly on several TV channels)

Opportunities

Media pluralismTV (national, regional and foreign), radio (potential of 650FM stations,

according to PEMRA), print (3 million newspaper circulationonly15 million readers in a

country of 165 million);

Internet (20 million users and growing, falling prices, faster speeds);

Mobiles phones (80 million users at start of 2008 and growing);

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Media going local TV, radio in local languages and therefore focusing onlocal

issues: this can help evolve local consensus and local solutionsThreats

Non-institutionalization of public-interest information (as culture of secrecywithin

government offices continues);

No institutionalization (so people end up with talk shows as a substitutefor information-based programming, case studies and human interest stories

thathumanize issues;


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I s s u e s m a y r e m a i n a b s t r a c t / p h i l o s o p h i c a l a n d n o t c i t i z e n - c e n t r i c

a n d accessible in a country with barely 50% literacy;

Non-c i t i zen s takeho lders , no t c i t i zen g roups keep la rge ly d ic ta t ing

newsagenda.

Television in Pakistanwas introduced in 1964.

Urdu channels

Business channels

Entertainment channels

Food channels

Lifestyle and fashion channels

Music channels

Kids channels

News channels

Miscellaneous channels

Movie channels

Religious channels

Sports channels

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Youth entertainment channels

English channels

News channels

Movies channels

Metropolitan channels

Community television


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Channels for overseas Pakistanis

Regional channels

Sindhi

Punjabi

Balochi

Kashmiri/Pothwari/Pahari

Saraiki

Pashto

Virtual University channels

International channels

Entertainment channels

Kids channels

News channels

Music channels

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Media in Pakistan

"When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is theutmost

bound of civil liberty attained, that wise men look for."-- MiltonNo power on this earth can block the truth as it is God who, being the truth Himself, guardsit .

Nowhere in history could the truth ever be s uppressed, it always revealed itself insomeother form and with dangerous consequences.Brit ish phi losopher John Stuart Mill

underlined the need for free speech mainly for threereasons. He believed thatfreedom to read or write is an important element to ex pose and reveal the truth, to

ensure self-development and self-fulfillment of citizens and to help ensure participation of the

citizens in a democracy.The Pakistani media is an enthusiastic member of the newwarrior clan of the 21st centuryand despite belonging to war-torn country, is playing active

role in keeping with the demandsof th e mo de rn ti me s. By ai ri ng di ve rg en t vi ew s


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and engag ing in c ross ques t ion ing ons ign i f ican t na t iona l and soc ia l i s sues

the media reflects and informs public opinion and practically shares the task ofthe parliament.Investigative reporting and l ive di scussions can undermine the spell of

many a magic ians .This has f ac i l i ta te d publ ic a ccess to t he h i ther t o uns een

wo r ki ngs o f t he p o l i t i c a l and bureaucratic set-up while simultaneously highlighting the

injustices suffered by the commonman as a result of the shady practices of the elite.After asignificant role of media in restoring the judicial crisis, media has an

unprecedentedabi l i ty to ac t as a ca ta lys t in c iv i l socie ty effor ts to

s t ren g th en democ ra t ic p ol i t y. Th e fundamental ingredient making democracy possibleis the flow of information.

The media (plural of medium) electronic, print, c yber and internet

ensures this flow of information. If r estricted, censored or hindered in any way thepeople will remain ignorant,ignorant of events, ignorant of their rights, their duty to the

State, their needs and the role thatt he y ca n pl ay fo r th e be tt er me nt of th e so ci et y

th ey l i ve in and the cou ntr y a s a who le. Macaulay called the Press as Fourth

Estate of the government, but the advent of technology

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