Playing with emotions
RAWALKOT, AZAD KASHMIR:
Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic riots disrupted the studies of nearly 256 Pakistani students. Unfortunately, one student, Ali Raza, died during the riots.
However, I feel that the issue of his death was not dealt with sensitivity by the electronic media. A private TV channel unfairly put Ali Raza’s mother on the spot by asking for her feelings about her young son’s death in a live news bulletin. I’m shocked by the way the electronic media likes to sensationalise everything and play with people’s emotions. I appeal to the management of private TV channels to make appropriate rules to deal with sensitive situations.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 18th, 2010.
Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic riots disrupted the studies of nearly 256 Pakistani students. Unfortunately, one student, Ali Raza, died during the riots.
However, I feel that the issue of his death was not dealt with sensitivity by the electronic media. A private TV channel unfairly put Ali Raza’s mother on the spot by asking for her feelings about her young son’s death in a live news bulletin. I’m shocked by the way the electronic media likes to sensationalise everything and play with people’s emotions. I appeal to the management of private TV channels to make appropriate rules to deal with sensitive situations.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 18th, 2010.