News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 108
MIDEAST: News Coverage Throws Up Arab Rifts
- Inter Press Service
Coverage of Israel's recent war on the Gaza Strip by regional news stations has reflected longstanding political divisions within the Arab world. Qatar-based Al- Jazeera's reporting drew a particularly angry response from Egypt.
POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: 'Media Must Adopt Its Own Agenda'
- Inter Press Service
Electioneering in South Africa is in full swing. Party posters emblazon lampposts and the media has been lapping up the weekly rallies and manifesto launches as parties set out to woo voters. As in previous elections, the focus has been on party political events.
PHILIPPINES: Rapist US Marine’s Custody - Women’s Group Sceptical
- Inter Press Service
A 'one-step victory' was how a women’s rights group described a decision handed down by the Supreme Court (SC) this week on a controversial rape case involving a United States serviceman.
PAKISTAN: Opening the A. Q. Khan Can of Worms
- Inter Press Service
The release of Pakistani rogue nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, underlines major issues confronting Pakistan -and indeed the world - ranging from nuclear proliferation to governance, corruption, hypocrisy, and how public opinion is shaped by falsehoods.
INDIA: Awaiting Pakistan's Official Response to Mumbai
- Inter Press Service
Five weeks after India handed over a dossier to Islamabad containing detailed evidence on the Nov. 26-29 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan has finally promised an official response, based on investigations by its Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
JAMAICA: Women Cheer Ban on Sexually Degrading Song Lyrics
- Inter Press Service
It's the latest dance craze here and many artists have hopped on the bandwagon. But when the latest 'daggering' song hit the airwaves, government, broadcast regulators, civil society and others in Jamaica said enough is enough.
AGRICULTURE-INDIA: Looking Beyond Wheat and Rice
- Inter Press Service
Food security experts say India must wean itself away from dependence on wheat and rice and look to the sub-continent’s rich agro-diversity in order to address the kind of food crisis that hit the country last year - as well as longer-standing nutrition deficiency issues.
MEDIA: Climate of Fear Pervades Many Newsrooms
- Inter Press Service
In Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, journalists are becoming increasingly vulnerable to physical violence as a result of their work, says a U.S.-based media watchdog in a new report released Tuesday.
CULTURE: Filmmakers Probe Multiple Identities, Partitions
- Inter Press Service
A German teacher of Visual Cultures and studying documentaries in India organises a film screening in Pakistan. A Pakistani produces an innovative short film series featuring work from India, Pakistan and Britain.
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Opposition Loses Perak, Claims Moral Victory
- Inter Press Service
During a tense press conference, in the midst of the current constitutional crisis in this state, peninsualar Malaysia's second largest, a reporter's MP3 recorder/handphone began ringing.
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