While most countries are busy developing advanced weapons technologies and even more advanced technologies to counter the advanced super weapons that their rivals or foes are developing,billions of dollars are being spent for non-productive and highly destructive objectives. Do citizens of these countries want all these weapons? Weapons which will obliterate citizens of other . . . →Read More:“Super Weapons” for whom?
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The conversation about the images of Qaddafi’s body so far has mainly been about whether they should or shouldn’t have been shown—but that’s a reductive conversation. The more interesting issue is how they were shown—and what the effects were. In this instance,news channels like CNN offered the rather rote notice that some of the . . . →Read More:Insane Media &Gruesome Imagery  Leave a comment  Media Check,Media Reforms  Area 14/8,Area148,freshly captured Qaddafi,images of Qaddafi’s body,more interesting issue,Punditry to mortality,Qaddafi Death Imagery &Media,Qaddafi was killed in murky circumstances,reductive conversation,suddenly Qaddafi’s half-naked body appeared on the screen In 2003,before the cupcake became a sensation in bakeries across the country,Charles and Candace Nelson made a promise to themselves one New Year’s Day when they began drafting an ambitious business plan based on a single dessert. “Everyone said a cupcake business is not going to make it,so we knew if . . . →Read More:Cupcake pioneers find philanthropy to be their sweet reward Leave a comment Media Reforms Cupcake,Cupcake pioneers find philanthropy to be their sweet reward,Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars”,former investment bankers have proven the naysayers wrong,fortunate enough to be successful,sensation in bakeries across the country,single dessert,Sprinkles Cupcakes to nonprofit groups and charitable causes,Tacstrat How is it that the Pakistani perception can jump from the resignation (or non-reappointment,rather) of the Foreign Minister,to a case of diplomatic immunity,to an American killing two Pakistanis in broad daylight,and make sense of all of it? The Pakistani mindset has indeed been ‘warped’after too much “breaking news”and on-the-edge-of-the-seats . . . →Read More:Quantum Leaps of the Mind If a newspaper wanted to cover match-fixing,the last person they would ask to report the story is a Pakistani cricketer. No media organisation with a semblance of sense would expect a person to provide unbiased reporting on his greatest revenue stream. It is called conflict of interest and should govern every facet of journalism, . . . →Read More:A slippery slope One comment Media Check,Media Reforms A slippery slope,case,edition and opinion-mongering,electronic media,FIRs,Freedom,greatest revenue stream,inciting violence,killing,media criticism,newspaper wanted to cover match-fixing,PEMRA,rocking Islamabad party,Salmaan Taseer’s killer,slippery slope,story is Pakistani cricketer Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the mediamen are social engineers and the responsibility of promoting healthy journalistic values lies on their shoulders. “Media has assumed a vital role in today’s global world as mediamen form public opinion in any society”,he said while talking to the senior journalists at the Prime Minister’s House . . . →Read More:Gilani for role of mediamen as social engineers The reason why sometimes newspapers triumph over news channels is because of factual correctness and attention to detail. In a bid to be the first one to ‘break’ news — the primary motto after truth,of course — TV channels often get it wrong. And since the channels are the first ones to provide information, . . . →Read More:With great power comes great responsibility The selective release of around a quarter million US State Department cables,some of them redacted after screening by corporate media entities such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel,and Le Monde,among others,comes at a time when there are calls by governments,including officials of the Obama administration,to restrict information content on the Internet. . . . →Read More:Wikileaks:Its Impact On World Media Leave a comment Media Reforms Al Qaeda,Area 14/8,Area148,Der Spiegel,Hamas,Hezbollah,Iran’s government,Le Monde,Obama administration,Representative William "Mac" Thornberry (R-TX),Senator Sam Brownbeck (R-KS),The Guardian,The New York Times,US State Department cables,Wikileaks Task Force,Wikileaks:Its Impact On World Media Beautiful Deosai Plateau Tourism and traveling is big business in today’s world. People travel and see fascinating things. Traveling is a way to relax. People take pictures to freeze their memories. I also travel a lot after coming to America,but my Pakistani soul is desperate to see anything related to my beloved country. . . . →Read More:Media and Tourism ~ A Reflection . . . →Read More:Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz gives Press Conference | |||
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