Media freedoms versus responsibility (holy cow syndrome)
Published in The News Much has been said about media accountability and the dire need of a regulation framework for Pakistan’s new power centre.…
Fair and accurate journalism
A friend asks: “Are we going to see this article splattered all over the front pages of major American newspapers? I highly doubt it.…
the new e-conflict zone for Indian, Pak netizens?
Times of India has quotes my post on Varun Gandhi today. Well, I know media-wallas have to find stories and sell. It was good…
Dholaks drowning gunfire
by Shreekant Gupta During a recent visit to Delhi I mentioned to my aunt that I planned to visit Rawalpindi next week for a…
Pakistani media – an alternative view
Themrise Khan sent me her provocative piece on Pakistani electronic media. It is a contested standpoint and will not be appreciated by all. But…
Who will win the game?
I have been amazed at the reaction that my little piece, “Policy shifts not war” published on these pages on Dec 4 has generated…
Through a screen, darkly
Pakistani cable operators, following the cyclical escalation of imagined hatreds, discontinued the transmission of Indian satellite channels in 2002. The absence of Indian TV…
How the Pentagon manipulated the media to promote the Iraq war
David Walsh writes at WSWS On April 20, the New York Times published a lengthy article by investigative reporter David Barstow detailing the US Defense Department’s…
Pakistan’s media: the opinion industry
On the flourishing ‘column’ industry despite the slow growth of readership’ What is so peculiar about the Pakistani media opinion factories churning out problems…
Of Old-journalism, New Media and Myopia
Three quotes from this story covering the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the News Media report struck me: It was believed…
Hillary’s Mystery Woman – Huma Abedin
I am grateful to Nabeela Apa – our dear friend – for sending the link to this story published in the New York Observer.…