How objective is our media?
Hasan Faruq US
I'm not sure what to make of the so called notion of 'objective' journalism. On one hand, a newspaper suggested that Dr. Galib received part of his funding from Kuwait . On the other hand, another daily hinted at some kind of "Indian" involvement with JMJB, JMB, and Dr. Galib. Certainly both can't be true (barring the conspiracy-theorists we may come across occasionally). I noticed a similar difference in the news reports in the aftermath of the brutal killing of SAMS Kibria (my apologies for not keeping track of the particular edition I have in mind).Media bias is not entirely unexpected, but the extent to which these reports differ from one another is mind boggling. Our nation has been going through a turbulent period that has left our pride and image dented and distorted to our donors and allies alike. We certainly don't need our journalists to rub salt to our wounds. Our journalists are probably better off adhering to "reporting" rather than "interpreting" or unduly speculating on these events until we have further evidence. It should be common knowledge that most readers prefer fact-based news even if it's pithy and/or uninteresting over more colourful news lacking in true substance.
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