November 13, 2009 Perceptions on Media and Political Instability A recent Gilani poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan shows that despite being enthusiastic audience of media, more than half of all Pakistanis (57%) blame media for political instability in the country, 37% disagree while 12% of the respondents were unsure.
Important Note for the Reader: These views emerged in response to a national opinion poll on the topics of a recent debate aired on a prominent television channel (Pakistan Debates appearing on Geo and also on Aag and organized by PILDAT (www.pildat.org). One of the topics of the debate was “Is media responsible for political instability in the country”. The debating teams comprised a combination of youth and prominent media/public personalities.
The recent Gilani poll was conducted in Pakistan by Gallup Pakistan, affiliated with Gallup International Association, among a sample of 2765 men and women from rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during October 2009.
http://www.gallup.com.pk/pollsshow.php?id=2009-11-13
partially Ture …. some anchors are creating hype … and they are cashing the events of confrontation and conspiracy ….
fitte moonh tuhada …
i hope this percentage will increase in coming few months…. people are getting sick of this media
all the politicians are bad i don,t wanna defend any one
zardari….
Nawaz….
Chaudhrys…
Watooos…
Kairaas
Altaf Hussain
every one no body deserve to be called a leader they are all united with each other
just playing game with poor and emotional pakistanis
i think its the media which has revollutionize our thinkings…its media because of which we are sitting here and arguing with each other…its media that is showing us that who is eating how much…it is media who tells us whom to blame and whom to beleive……….
to the flip side of the coin….i think there are some good names who are creating awareness amongst the nation…but sometimes i feel like everyone is working on a specific agenda..still..its much better then 9 o clock PTV khabarnama….and i really dont think that the media has to be blamed fr politcal instability …may be that majority percentage dont like media because we as a nation are sik n tired of the same bad news every day after the other so most of us rather want to switch of our tellies before we get stressed so here you go that is why i really dont see any charm or attraction in media but for optmists they are doing a wonderful job.
I just hope the mafia in power do not use this as an excuse to censor media from certain topics because this is certainly going to come up and the mafia will try to spin this to they advantage.
Media is doing good job making people of Pakistan aware from these corrupt people in our society. Yes I think the quality & verity of programmes needs to be improved, which I think will improve over the time as media realise his powers & effects.
Yes that is true. The failure of our government to get favorable conditions in aid bill was due to media. The NRO not been tabled and passed in the parliament is due to media. The sugar crisis is due to media. The law and order is due to media. Absentia of governance in due to media. 400% increase in corruption is due to media. 150% increase in crimes is due to media. Power shortages is due to media. In fact media is responsible for all our evils. Our government is doing great. Media does not want this government to function. Our government is so sympathetic to public that it has 90 ministers to look after us but media won’t let them work. Damn you media
@ Jalali
u forgot to say suicide bombing even though u said law and order but i think suicide bombing deserves a separate mention. i think Talat Husaain And Kashif Abbasi are the mastermind’s of this…
All these so called anchors/substanard journalists give damn to Pakistan.They will sell anything in their possession to sell their programs.Most of them are talbans supporters.
these anchors hyped up things to increase ratings.they dont talk about real issues.
@ admin
You need to change those figures as announced yesterday by Dr Shafiq Gillani on Bolta Pakistan that the actual people “who blame media for political instability in the country” is only 31% and people “who think media is playing a positive role” is 57%.
This post is incorrect, if you see the survey on the site, it says…
“Thirty one percent (31%) are of the view that media is responsible for political instability in the country. Fifty seven percent (57%) disagree whereas 12% were unsure.”
I think with these sort of reporting this 31% should be increased. Shame on the reporter of this post, please be responsible.
Strange why the media is keeping mum over corruption and land grabs by our “angles” in uniform while crying horse over politicians
http://www.satribune.com/archives/Aug17_23_02/P1_landgrabbing.htm#top
or is it that the current military leadership (kiyani and co) are protecting their predeccesors- cuz if they dont who will protect them for the land grabbing and corruption they are indulging in right now.
I think media is also becoming corrupt… on all the channels and newspapers all the anchors and columnist are never happy… they are just playing with the nation as these so called leaders too… the only difference is the change of medium only….
The media has turned into a cartel and has been watching its economic interests. People are just fooled to watch programs and buy the products shown in advertisements during the breaks. An anchor is successful who sensationalize an issue more than other do. More inflow of money through getting more ads means the anchor is making his job secure. It is just job nothing service of the country. The phenomenon is like Sultan Rahi playing with the sentiments of the people. The moment the NRO issue is settled, there is not issue to play with like after Sultan Rahi the film industry is silent and mum. What will anchors and TV channels will do then.
But then why the people don’t realize how are they being fooled? Has any TV channel started mass awareness program to make people educated and aware on the issues concerning them? But then most of the people are illiterate or semieducated, how can they understand what is happening in the name of telling them national interests and whatnot? How to make the people stop believing in the conspiracy theories and start using their analytical power?
Pakistan is in difficult times.
Regards,
Sincerely,
Dr Qaisar Rashid
Lahore.
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