Urdu News Columnists and Anchors -- should we always believe them?

Re: # 34
Sure NKG, feel free to establish your opinion, we are two individuals who look at things differently.
BTW English newspapers are rated higher even with the recycler, so I am sure they must have a different level for screening and it is their choice just like the two of us have a different angle on this issue.
The right to opinion is yours and I certainly agree to disagree.

Re: # 30
Matloob....
I will like to contradict....
People are definitely aware, who are their target customer segment....

Do you feel, the kind of news, I have referred in the last post will appear in leading english news papers in Pakistan....Surely no....

The genes of journalists no matter what language or part of the world they may be from are about the same, they always want to be the first to report anything and a lot of times they hastily end up reporting incorrect reports. I have seen this in many parts of the world where journalist and media insists by stating, "remember we broke the news first".
They love to see news in the making and often pave the way for news that are made with the efforts and support of media, language is no barrier nor is region.

u cant accuse the whole urdu media .there are peolpe who really are doing good jobs. i think the person on the channel expres is doing excellent job .he crticize the government not only for the sake of crticisam.

Re: # 27

Yaar masadi,

The comments on this article are education to me.... So don't worry about it..

Columnists be they conduct their professional tasks in Urdu or English, it makes no difference journalists speakers of other languages are just as bad or good.
The only place where I recall ever having noticed the difference is when the raddi paper walay bought old paper for recycling they paid a better rate for English papers & magazines as compared to Urdu. Not sure if the raddi paper business still prevails or not since "bhoosi tukray" may be a thing of past after the flour price fixing nuisance.

Janab Aziz Akhmad sahib
and a little bit more of the same:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Ktjta-URY

I would not want to believe this either but if not imminent it's in the plans.
Not sure if you came across GB's praise of Musharraf when his administration on his clock conducted massive arrests in Pak and when the emergency was declared, and stated that he(GB) should take a lesson from this how to control masses and politics.
so there you go Mr. Akhmad

Re: # 18
Aziz Ahmed sahib
Review this one too and bless us with your comments:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UgMx2F41XD0

After all there is some truth to these preparations, now its possible that these plans may not be implemented by G. Bush, the Bush under which we live.

krbhatti: sorry to have ruined your party...

Have a nice day and get an education to go with the pop corn,

TNI masadi

Yes, BJ2, you are right. Actually, she is one of the better anchorpersons that we have.

Aziz Akhmad sahib, look at the bright side. At least the reporting woman was attractive!

People get news items, what they deserve...
one aaardooo/urdoooo paper ( Jyoti Basu used to refer such papers as toilet papers than new papers) published news of Sunita Williams converting to islam. Why? From ISS, she was able to see only Meccah's temple of Kaaba (the only illuminated place on earth, even Pakistan or mini-Pakistans of India were dark) as it looked very illuminated....and people believed that...
what about others in ISS? Why didn't they see the same? What was their analysis about it? No questions....
So, the beduine follower stupids, like Muhammed's splitting of moon, you deserve such crap...

Re: # 22 Bhatti this might fizzle out quickly....that popcorn is a waste....even salt-n-peppa will not spice it...

This is good one.....

HP and Masadi on one side and author on other side... and me ready with pop corns and drinks....

Let us see where it goes...

The issue is not whether it was one congressman or two. The issue is you accused the Urdu media of lying and it turns out you were.

Here is one more link for that troop deployment
http://www.alternet.org/rights/101958/thousands_of_troops_are_deployed_on_u.s. _streets_ready_to_carry_out_%22crowd_
control%22/

So if Khalid Hassan writes something it Quran and hadis?
Khalid Hassan is not encyclopedia Britannica. There are tools available for any intelligent person to search.

One Congressman may have said but it was on the House floor and got reported in many places. A little search would have helped you.
Similarly the story about the troop deployment was on MSM and many papers reported that. You ignorance is pathetic.
Now about Salman Taseer the guy on the other day was telling that media people should be lashed. That is how much he respects the media.


Instead of accepting your mistake you are acting like you are deeply offended.