Sunday, May 1, 2011

benefits vs. harms of the Kurdish media

An article by Dr. Rashid Karadghi discusses the possible positive and negative attributes to a Kurdish mass media on a Kurdish media website. In the article, Dr. Karadghi writes:
“In the hands of fair-minded people, the media can play a constructive role in society, for it can enlighten the public and act as watchdog over all governmental operations. Conversely, it can play a divisive and destructive role if it is in the hands of partisan people whose only concern is the interest of their political party, not that of the people as a whole.”
He challenges the fairness that the current stations that are being used to represent the Kurdish issues have in representing their interests. Karadghi claims that the opposition’s points of views aren’t being represented, and mentions that the media is a “monologue” of one opinion overpowering the media and says that the media should represent the interests of the entire Kurdish people and not a political party.
Karadghi says that a medium that discusses the Kurdish views are harmful to the political process because the average person won’t be able to hear all points of views. In effect these methods of coverage should serve the interests of the Kurdish people, and not a political party, yet Kardghi claims that the current media is not doing its job appropriately.   

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