Media Bias? Never!
Have a look at this story out of Egypt.
Bias? In the media? Perish the thought! It's not as if Western candidates like Bill Clinton, Al Gore*, and John Kerry get extra praise from the media!
Hosni Mubarak's probably getting more coverage than the other candidates, I can concede that; but he's voluntarily allowed a contested election. Let's give the Egyptian government credit where it's due, and recognize that democracy can be a "baby steps" endeavour.
* In an unrelated story, I'm so used to writing al Jazeera, al Qaeda, et cetera, that I originally wrote that "al Gore" as if it was an Arabic noun. Laugh.
A group monitoring Egypt's first ever presidential election has strongly criticised the way the state-owned press is covering the campaign.
The Cairo Centre for the Study of Human Rights said coverage was grossly unbalanced and biased in favour of the incumbent, Hosni Mubarak.
It accused state-run national papers of giving far more space to Mr Mubarak's campaign than to any of his opponents.
Bias? In the media? Perish the thought! It's not as if Western candidates like Bill Clinton, Al Gore*, and John Kerry get extra praise from the media!
Hosni Mubarak's probably getting more coverage than the other candidates, I can concede that; but he's voluntarily allowed a contested election. Let's give the Egyptian government credit where it's due, and recognize that democracy can be a "baby steps" endeavour.
* In an unrelated story, I'm so used to writing al Jazeera, al Qaeda, et cetera, that I originally wrote that "al Gore" as if it was an Arabic noun. Laugh.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home