Comments on: Prestige of the state and weakening national morale! http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/15/prestige-of-the-state-and-weakening-national-morale/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Afreen http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/15/prestige-of-the-state-and-weakening-national-morale/comment-page-1/#comment-63637 Afreen Mon, 19 May 2008 11:54:18 +0000 http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/15/prestige-of-the-state-and-weakening-national-morale/#comment-63637 I don't think the main problem is bloggers rather it is the media. Of course, there are many bloggers out there who only whine and moan about things that are going bad rather than actually coming up with solutions to them, still the major axing is done by the now increasing crop of local news channels, who embellish and add masala to every news item. When Benazir incident happened, my friends in US and Canada thought I was done for and the whole Karachi must be burning down in ashes. This the extent to which we add masala. We, the people make this country happen. We gotta start from grass root level, or else we might very well be done for. I don’t think the main problem is bloggers rather it is the media. Of course, there are many bloggers out there who only whine and moan about things that are going bad rather than actually coming up with solutions to them, still the major axing is done by the now increasing crop of local news channels, who embellish and add masala to every news item.

When Benazir incident happened, my friends in US and Canada thought I was done for and the whole Karachi must be burning down in ashes. This the extent to which we add masala.

We, the people make this country happen. We gotta start from grass root level, or else we might very well be done for.

]]> By: sawj http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/15/prestige-of-the-state-and-weakening-national-morale/comment-page-1/#comment-63554 sawj Fri, 16 May 2008 13:12:10 +0000 http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/15/prestige-of-the-state-and-weakening-national-morale/#comment-63554 Nobody washes their dirty laundry in public except for us. We usually rely on others to wash our dirty laundry or at least lend a hand. This has to change. Nobody washes their dirty laundry in public except for us. We usually rely on others to wash our dirty laundry or at least lend a hand. This has to change.

]]> By: johny http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/15/prestige-of-the-state-and-weakening-national-morale/comment-page-1/#comment-63553 johny Fri, 16 May 2008 13:10:28 +0000 http://karachi.metblogs.com/2008/05/15/prestige-of-the-state-and-weakening-national-morale/#comment-63553 Our private media has destroyed the national Morale in the name of Freedom of expression and Freedom of Press, I recently had some relatives visiting from Canada, they were trying to leave their children back home in Canada due to potential Security risk here, although they moved to Canada from here two years ago, and their perception of Karachi was the same as our perception of Baghdad, And what was the source of the perception ? STAR NEWS?, ZEE NEWS, JERUSALEM POST? INDIA TIMES? NEWYORK TIMES? NOO. The answer was GEO NEWS, ARY ONEWORLD & others. For decades we had been complaining that the Indian Media has been involve in Distorting Pakistans image internationally, but nowadays Pakistani Media has taken that position. Last year we had some old friends visiting here from Canada almost after a decade, and after traveling through only Shara-e-Faisal, they were surprised, they had the same story to tell, Media doesn't show it, Try Searching Karachi or Pakistan on Google News section, out of 9 you will have 5 news relating to political rivalries and 4 about the crime scene, hardly 3-4 news in a month about positive development, all reported by Pakistani Newspapers. And to TOP it OFF, BLOGGERS have also joined forces with them, Tell me something, what was the point in starting two posts about ANP relating to 12 May ?? wasn't one enough ??? Our private media has destroyed the national Morale in the name of Freedom of expression and Freedom of Press,

I recently had some relatives visiting from Canada, they were trying to leave their children back home in Canada due to potential Security risk here, although they moved to Canada from here two years ago, and their perception of Karachi was the same as our perception of Baghdad,
And what was the source of the perception ? STAR NEWS?, ZEE NEWS, JERUSALEM POST? INDIA TIMES? NEWYORK TIMES? NOO. The answer was GEO NEWS, ARY ONEWORLD & others.

For decades we had been complaining that the Indian Media has been involve in Distorting Pakistans image internationally, but nowadays Pakistani Media has taken that position.

Last year we had some old friends visiting here from Canada almost after a decade, and after traveling through only Shara-e-Faisal, they were surprised, they had the same story to tell, Media doesn’t show it,

Try Searching Karachi or Pakistan on Google News section, out of 9 you will have 5 news relating to political rivalries and 4 about the crime scene, hardly 3-4 news in a month about positive development, all reported by Pakistani Newspapers.

And to TOP it OFF, BLOGGERS have also joined forces with them,
Tell me something, what was the point in starting two posts about ANP relating to 12 May ?? wasn’t one enough ???

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