Deceptive Reporting by BBC URDU

ابو سعد — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:51:09 +0000

My assessment of media coverage make me believe that the biased reporting is not always institutionalized, however, when it comes to big media groups, my theory changes due to some reasons; at the top of which is their claim of being cent percent accurate.

BBC and its Urdu service BBC Urdu is no exception as large sum of amounts, most probably in UK Ponds, is spend on training and development. Besides the employees, reporters and editors are paid lucrative salaries and benefits.

So should we expect hyperbole and that too about big issues pertaining to a sovereign Islamic state?

I read the BBC Urdu’s story on 17^th June 2009 with the heading of “Tehran Mein Lakho Ka Jaloos” (A rally of hundreds of thousands in Tehran). I started reading the story with interest but found no hundreds of thousands in the body of story; instead the body of the news informs us that was the rally of thousands and not hundred of thousands.

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Deceptive Reporting by BBC URDU