Media giants’ tattered credibility
THE credibility of global media organisations such as the BBC, CNN, SkyNews and even progressive newspapers such as the UK’s Guardian appears to be in tatters as their editorial policies…
Western media and the war
THE brazen one-sided account of the conflict justifying Israeli aggression against Palestinians living in the occupied Gaza Strip has exposed the mainstream Western media’s claims of objectivity in reporting. Truth…
Crisis of mainstream media
SOMEONE who entered the world of print and bore witness to the era of the electronic medium in Pakistan is a strange creature. Few of the ‘printies’ adapt easily to…
South Asia media landscape
The storm in India over a carefully researched and crafted BBC documentary had barely begun to die down when the international broadcaster’s offices in Delhi and Mumbai were raided by ‘tax authorities’.…
Media state of mind
I WANTED to note two closures in the US media as both provide many lessons for us to consider in Pakistan. One is Washington Post’s media columnist Margaret Sullivan’s departure…
Absent mediation
IT has been six months since Russia launched its unprovoked and brutal aggression against Ukraine. On its part, Ukraine has fought back with grit and will which has won admiration…
A media for all
I’M a huge advocate for public media and a big reason for that is the UK’s Channel 4 model. Earlier this month, however, the UK government said it planned to…
Merger and a manacled media
FIVE years after the merger of former Fata with KP, the threats to freedom of expression, journalists and journalism, which were prevalent during the ‘war on terror’ years, persist. Ongoing…
Modi and the media
For someone who never held a single press conference in his two terms in prime ministerial office and did not present himself for an interview with any bona fide journalist,…
