Paid news and biased press have been a controversial topic in the news industry as the news press is in the middle where the barrier of biased and unbiased is very blurred. There are so many firms have been receiving extreme critics on its airing because of it’s neutrality on posting news and the ways they phrase their sentence. Al Jazeera is victim of this issue when its focus on posting the true image of war in Arab world. This essay aim to deeply discuss the Al Jazeera case and bring out the solution if it is possible.
Problem’s Background
Al Jazeera is an independent news media which is the Qatar based Arab network (Christians, C. G. , Fackler, M. , Richardson, K. , Kreshel, P. J. , & Woods, R. H. J. 2011). It was created when the news in Arab countries was under the control of government. At the time, Al Jazeera was the only unbiased channel which does not serve any government voice or statement. Although went spread to other countries but Al Jazeera was still considered “the terrorist network” and received the attacks of other parties in the Arab world and the US. There are a few reasons explain for its dispute. Firstly, it is the independent news which does not serve any government’s agenda and it causes threats to many existing Arab leaders which results in numerous actions against the firm which including Algiers, Egypt (Christians, C. G. , Fackler, M. , Richardson, K. , Kreshel, P. J. , & Woods, R. H. J, page 50. 2011). Secondly, after the September 11 event, the American rage against Osama Bin Laden has been significantly increased, meanwhile, Al Jazeera aired the elusive information from Osama Bin Laden. This is one the reasons why American people seen the press as “terrorist network”. Contributed on that, its disturbing image about war in Iraq has raised so many different arguments. Some debated that this firm is the “mouthpiece of terrorist”, meanwhile, there are argument meant to protect Al Jazeera. Imad Musa stated that its violent images and the way it does news reflects the Arab culture (Christians, C. G. , Fackler, M. , Richardson, K. , Kreshel, P. J. , & Woods, R. H. J, page 52. 2011). The arguments and conflicts still remained and yet, there are not any solution to remove this obstacle of Al Jazeera.
Author’s Discuss and Solution
Although providing various evidences and stories around this problem, the author failed to bring out any solution to solve this issue of Al Jazeera case. However, he successfully guided the reader to think broader and further about the role of new media on posting the unbiased information without serving any unflattering purposes. Furthermore, we need to think deeper on Al Jazeera case as it is an example of being neutral on posting information. In this case, Al Jazeera itself created the barrier on its path when its disturbing image which does not convince people even it truly describes the cruelty of war. Its origin is another problem which caused the American’s prejudice against Al Jazeera. Despite being widespread and well-known in many countries, Al Jazeera is remained unacceptable in the US. It is hard to come up with the solutions for this issue when the conflict between the US and Arabic countries do not reduce. Personally, Al Jazeera should notice its viewers the appearance of violent image in order to decrease the critics. Thus, this action might help the firm reduce the prejudice against it but does not completely remove the barrier. To further future, if the conflicts and wars between the US and Arabic countries get eased or even removed, firm like Al Jazeera might have chance to overcome its prejudice and disagreement which it already suffered. The wars hve the direct impact to this issue because news media serve under the pressure of certain governments.
Although failed to provide solutions for this case, the author successfully discussed and encourage the audience to think deeper about this issue. Al Jazeera is still there and surviving but expecting many other challenges when the conflicts between countries was not eased.
Paid
news
and biased press have been a controversial topic in the
news
industry as the
news
press is in the middle where the barrier of biased and unbiased is
very
blurred. There are
so
many
firms
have been receiving extreme critics on its airing
because
of it’s neutrality
on posting
news
and the ways they phrase their sentence. Al Jazeera is victim of this
issue
when its focus on posting the true
image
of
war
in Arab world. This essay aim to
deeply
discuss the Al Jazeera case and bring out the
solution
if it is possible.
Problem’s Background
Al Jazeera is an independent
news
media which is the Qatar based Arab network (Christians, C. G.
,
Fackler
, M.
,
Richardson, K.
,
Kreshel
, P. J.
,
& Woods, R. H. J. 2011). It
was created
when the
news
in Arab
countries
was under the control of
government
. At the time, Al Jazeera was the
only
unbiased channel which
does
not serve any
government
voice or statement. Although went spread to other
countries
but
Al Jazeera was
still
considered “the terrorist network” and received the attacks of other parties in the Arab world and the US. There are a few reasons
explain
for its dispute.
Firstly
, it is the independent
news
which
does
not serve any
government
’s agenda and it causes threats to
many
existing Arab leaders which results in numerous actions against the
firm
which including Algiers, Egypt (Christians, C. G.
,
Fackler
, M.
,
Richardson, K.
,
Kreshel
, P. J.
,
& Woods, R. H. J, page 50. 2011).
Secondly
, after the September 11
event
, the American rage against
Osama Bin Laden
has been
significantly
increased, meanwhile, Al Jazeera aired the elusive information from
Osama Bin Laden
. This is
one
the reasons why American
people
seen
the press as “terrorist network”. Contributed on that, its disturbing
image
about
war
in Iraq has raised
so
many
different
arguments.
Some
debated that this
firm
is the “mouthpiece of terrorist”, meanwhile, there are argument meant to protect Al Jazeera.
Imad
Musa
stated that its violent
images
and the way it
does
news
reflects
the Arab culture (Christians, C. G.
,
Fackler
, M.
,
Richardson, K.
,
Kreshel
, P. J.
,
& Woods, R. H. J, page 52. 2011). The arguments and
conflicts
still
remained and
yet
, there are not any
solution
to remove this obstacle of Al Jazeera.
Author’s Discuss and Solution
Although providing various evidences and stories around this problem, the author failed to bring out any
solution
to solve this
issue
of Al Jazeera case.
However
, he
successfully
guided the reader to
think
broader and
further
about the role of
new
media on posting the unbiased information without serving any unflattering purposes.
Furthermore
, we need to
think
deeper on Al Jazeera case as it is an example of being neutral on posting information.
In this case
, Al Jazeera itself created the barrier on its path when its disturbing
image
which
does
not convince
people
even it
truly
describes
the cruelty of
war
. Its origin is another problem which caused the American’s prejudice against Al Jazeera. Despite being widespread and well-known in
many
countries
, Al Jazeera
is remained
unacceptable in the US. It is
hard
to
come
up with the
solutions
for this
issue
when the
conflict
between the US and Arabic
countries
do not
reduce
.
Personally
, Al Jazeera should notice its viewers the appearance of violent
image
in order to decrease the critics.
Thus
, this action might
help
the
firm
reduce
the prejudice against it
but
does
not completely remove the barrier. To
further
future, if the
conflicts
and
wars
between the US and Arabic
countries
get
eased
or even removed,
firm
like Al Jazeera might have chance to overcome its prejudice and disagreement which it already suffered. The
wars
hve
the direct impact to this
issue
because
news
media serve under the pressure of certain
governments
.
Although failed to provide
solutions
for this case, the author
successfully
discussed and encourage the audience to
think
deeper about this
issue
. Al Jazeera is
still
there and surviving
but
expecting
many
other challenges when the
conflicts
between
countries
was not
eased
.