The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Biased Media Reporting

An excellent current example on why the media cannot be trusted….some media companies have got political affiliations. In this case, the Al-Jazeera is funded by the royal family of Qatar that is sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood government of Egypt.

Note also the important example of the fruit-seller who set himself on fire – a video of which went viral on the internet and sparked off the Arab Spring. Al-Jazeera’s broadcast of this video on traditional media added on to the momentum of the revolution.

Sample Qn:
Can the media ever be relied upon to convey the truth? (Cambridge 2003)