News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 129
Israel Censors News on Deadly Flotilla Raid
- Inter Press Service
Attempts by media to interview some of the hundreds of Free Gaza (FG) members, who were being deported from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport, Wednesday, were thwarted by Israeli authorities.
BURMA: HIV Infection on the Rise Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
- Inter Press Service
The only son in his family, Maung Maung Oo was forced to marry when he was 24 years old. By then he had been carrying on a sexual relationship with a man for four years — which he continued even after his marriage.
LEBANON: Where the Bikini Finds Sisterhood With the Hijab
- Inter Press Service
Hijab or bikini? That is a question that Lebanon seems to be forever balancing.
PAKISTAN: Furore Over Leaked Tape Cause for Media Soul Searching
- Inter Press Service
The raging debate on the purported audiotape implicating Pakistani television anchor Hamid Mir, popular and controversial in equal measure, has raised serious concerns about the media amid calls for an impartial investigation to uncover the truth behind the recording.
CHINA: Social Networking Sites Vibrant and Thriving Among Activists
- Inter Press Service
Last June, when thousands of Iranians — many organised through social networking websites such as Twitter — took to the streets to protest the outcome of the country’s presidential election, a Chinese English-language newspaper, ‘Global Times’, published an editorial critical of the Western media’s coverage of the protests.
Young People Blurring Borders
- Inter Press Service
Incorporating young people into the task of fostering understanding between people of various cultural and religious backgrounds is one of the four priority areas of the Alliance of Civilisations.
MEDIA-PAKISTAN: Netizens Argue for the Right to Decide
- Inter Press Service
While there was no question that the visual depictions of the Prophet Mohammad on Facebook hit a raw nerve among devout Muslims all over the world, the debate here in Pakistan has been all about whether the government should be the one making choices for its Internet users.
BRAZIL: Everyday Superheroes Against the Mad, Bad World
- Inter Press Service
They fight against a crazy world, armed only with dramatic improvisation. A programme of urban inverventions from a university in Río de Janeiro is battling 'the mad world' based on the archetype of the anti-hero.
THAILAND: Social Media Provide Space for Arguments, Catharsis
- Inter Press Service
After months of turmoil, silence — albeit an uneasy one — has finally fallen over the streets of Bangkok. But the shouting continues in cyberspace as Thais and even foreign residents bicker and debate over what this South-east Asian country has just experienced, as well as about the challenges it continues to face.
Banning Junk Foods in Mexico's Schools to Fight Obesity
- Inter Press Service
Consumer organisations and experts say the Mexican government's plan to remove junk food from schools is a step in the right direction in the fight against obesity in this country, which has the highest rate of childhood obesity in the world, and the second highest rate for adults, after the United States.
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