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Journalistic Adulteration

By skeeee • Mar 9th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

As the world of print journalism goes through a metamorphosis induced by the information revolution and social media revolution, I intend to voice my concerns about the disservice that some news organizations cause.
The News International is the arguably the premier english language newspaper published daily in major cities of Pakistan. I grew up reading The News more so [...]



Media is more Democratic than the Democratic Govt. of PPP

By skeeee • Mar 26th, 2010 • Category: Politics

It was argued in a recent post that the ’static response’ of the PPP Government to the alleged unwarranted criticism in the media exemplifies the “democratic nature of the present regime”.
excuse me?
Although it can be counter-argued that the criticism is well warranted and rather there isn’t enough analytical criticism, considering the vast array of socio-political-judicial-economic [...]



The Infamous Case of the Catch 22—

By skeeee • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: Politics

When you think unconsciously, you create by default.
When you think consciously, you create by design.
Most political commentators are great. They are great at doing what their prescribed designation says: Commentating. What does commentating entail? In most cases it’s a description of all the malfunctions of the socio-political machinery of a people. It’s the writers’ take [...]