Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

Dear Editor,

The quality of journalism is, inter alia, affected by, journalistic capability, integrity, courage, credibility and resources. It cannot be improved in any measure, as most our local TV channels seem to think, by the way the news presenters are dressed – especially those of the female persuasion. By fbeing copycats of the way female news presenters of BBC, CNN, Fox News, etc., dress up you cannot pretend to be more credible, more professional or 'with it'. Such mimicry reeks of an inferiority complex and clutching at straws to improve your viewership. In formal (business) situations, our men do dress up in western clothes, but not our women, which makes the dresses of female news presenters all the more conspicuous, irritating and meaningless.

 
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When you start, you never stop. If you stop, you will never be able to start again.
 
Sajjad Ahmad
 
Freelance Writer & Researcher
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
 
 
 

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