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Unfortunately, the first post-conference discussion staged by a particular TV channel condemned the act of inviting President Karzai to Islamabad. The anchor began by saying that the economic crisis in Pakistan was more important than the trouble in the Tribal Areas, and a retired foreign secretary immediately complained of the PPP’s crime to equate Pakistan with Afghanistan. He said there were times when Pakistan was at par with India, but now Mr Zardari had downgraded the country. How ridiculous.
The discussions that followed on other TV channels actually condemned the presence of President Karzai at the press conference because he had earlier made such grievous allegations against Pakistan. People who had watched the TV channels then began ringing up the talk shows and telling the anchors that President Karzai was a criminal who should not have been invited to Islamabad. The first discussion, led by a needlessly angry anchor, set the tone. Good guests were hard to come by and resultantly just one point of view was projected. An economist actually came on TV to say that President Zardari had not presented an effective economic policy review in answer to a question at the press conference!
Okay, you hate the man, but this is not the way to get your anger out. Give President Zardari a fair chance so that at the end of the day the TV channels don’t have to hang their head in shame. Already our anchors have gone overboard with the increasingly politicised cause of the lawyers and their passion for Lal Masjid and its vigilante gangs. Their hatred of America and India in the end will push them into hating everyone whom the people choose to govern Pakistan. How long can one be excused for a dearth of knowledgeable and moderate anchors and a famine of guests who can correct the Punjabi tilt of the channels?
Daily Times Editorial
The discussions that followed on other TV channels actually condemned the presence of President Karzai at the press conference because he had earlier made such grievous allegations against Pakistan. People who had watched the TV channels then began ringing up the talk shows and telling the anchors that President Karzai was a criminal who should not have been invited to Islamabad. The first discussion, led by a needlessly angry anchor, set the tone. Good guests were hard to come by and resultantly just one point of view was projected. An economist actually came on TV to say that President Zardari had not presented an effective economic policy review in answer to a question at the press conference!
Okay, you hate the man, but this is not the way to get your anger out. Give President Zardari a fair chance so that at the end of the day the TV channels don’t have to hang their head in shame. Already our anchors have gone overboard with the increasingly politicised cause of the lawyers and their passion for Lal Masjid and its vigilante gangs. Their hatred of America and India in the end will push them into hating everyone whom the people choose to govern Pakistan. How long can one be excused for a dearth of knowledgeable and moderate anchors and a famine of guests who can correct the Punjabi tilt of the channels?
Daily Times Editorial
posted by temporal at 9/11/2008
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