Pakistan’s News Media: A Critique
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The talk will take a critical look at Pakistan’s news media, which does not take journalistic principles such as accuracy, fairness and balance seriously. It has become an instrument of indoctrination. Consequently, free debate is sorely missing. Emotional rhetoric and conspiracy theories are rife.
About the speaker
Shakil Chaudhary is a journalist, researcher and YouTuber. He has worked for several English-language newspapers. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Handbook of Functional English (Ferozsons). He studied international relations at Quaid-i-Azam University and media at the London School of Economics.