tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post9131380625797195797..comments2024-03-26T03:03:42.414-07:00Comments on The Glasshouse: Daily Dawn comes of Age?A Different Drumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350929185765118924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-65951318047504445512007-05-01T12:49:00.000-07:002007-05-01T12:49:00.000-07:00I think, sir, that you are too hasty in interpreti...I think, sir, that you are too hasty in interpreting the Nawa-i-Waqt editor's friendship with the Sharif family as something immoral and for the benefit of financial gain, rather than as what it was/is: just a friendship with the family. The paper is and always has been unstinting in criticism where it is due, be it levelled against friend or not. Another fact that you forgot to mention is that it is this same newspaper that has under every single government been prosecuted and singled out for unfair discrimination, to its financial detriment and by no measure to the contrary.<BR/><BR/>Libertarian:<BR/>As an aspiring journalist, I have examined the industry into which I hope to enter and perhaps can shed the requested light on government spending and the role it pays in the running of a paper.<BR/><BR/>All papers at the end of the day are businesses. This is not to imply that every editorial decision they make is based on mercenary interest, but rather to point out that the very causes they were established to highlught cannot be served if there is no cash flow to print and distribute the publication. <BR/><BR/>Government advertising is a large percentage of the media's revenue, and i can only imagine that this is because of the large quantity of government propaganda that needs to be circulated and on the flip side the many developemental projects that need publicity. The media subservience you refer to, comes into play when governments threaten a publication by refusing to grant them their share (based on circulation) of the advertisements. <BR/><BR/>This stands in naked refute of the freedom of press that this government, amongst others, has been so fond of touting. <BR/><BR/>President doesn't like what's written about him on the editorial page, he makes a call and says hold on to our advertisements to this publication. This is effectively a government sponsored stranglehold, which results in businesses operating under losses and ultimately going bankrupt. Problem solved. It is something disturbingly akin to, "If you're not with us, you're against us...and we will choke the life out of you for daring it". <BR/><BR/>In the case of Nawa-i-Waqt however, it is the one newspaper group that has been subjected to these government bans (so much so that even it's ration of printing paper was withheld), yet has never changed its tune...in not one instance. <BR/><BR/>I myself have read things in it that I did not agree with, and upon voicing these concerns have been invited to write a reply to the piece which was duly printed. In my dealings with them, I have always found them to be fair and strictly ethical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-23948574515673105892007-04-03T01:30:00.000-07:002007-04-03T01:30:00.000-07:00Am not exactly sure about Abbas but hopefully he w...Am not exactly sure about Abbas but hopefully he will bring postive changes on the english online version of the paper. Calling it terrible is being too nice.<BR/><BR/>I even emailed the staff/editor to offer my help in editing(pro bono) but I never heard back from them.<BR/><BR/>This was maybe a year and half ago. <BR/><BR/>AASAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-29320557891365091212007-03-30T23:24:00.000-07:002007-03-30T23:24:00.000-07:00Good to see you back, Onlooker. Will give comments...Good to see you back, Onlooker. Will give comments later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-52219495760544083512007-03-29T23:48:00.000-07:002007-03-29T23:48:00.000-07:00Onlooker: could you shed light on the economics of...Onlooker: could you shed light on the economics of the print media? For instance, why are the print media so heavily dependent on government spend rather than private advertising and circulation? That lies at the root of the media's subservience.libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258039856928341788noreply@blogger.com