Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Pen more deceptive than Sword

In any conflict zone, its common that the party controlling the media will excuse the other party of atrocities on civilians.

Case in point -
Desi media projects LTTE cadres kill 17 Tamils fleeing Wanni war zones as fact.
Should not the desi media mention that the source of the news is the military/government ?

See the way its published by ABC - Sri Lanka's rebels kill 17 fleeing civilians: military

I am not refuting the news or taking Sri Lankan or LTTE's side.
But an independent media should not push their own agenda, subtle or otherwise.

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