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Bangladesh yesterday condemned the re-publication of cartoons of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) by some Danish newspapers, saying it could fuel resentment that may turn out to be destabilising.
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About: See Authors Posts (11) • February 22nd, 2008
Topic: Censorship, Ethics
The Alliance of Independent Journalists, together with Tifa Foundation was monitoring the content of 10 news dailies from June 12-Aug. 4. Based on the result, they said that the print media has violated the traditional professional standards of impartiality and objectivity in their coverage of the gubernatorial election.
The dailies are Indo Pos, Kompas, Pos Kota, [...]
— ikram
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • August 9th, 2007
Topic: Ethics, Media Credibility
From IPS News:
Kurdish human rights and political groups have launched an Internet campaign Internet to save the lives of Adnan Hasanpoor and Abdolvahed (Hiva) Bootimar, two Iranian Kurdish journalists who were sentenced to death on Jul. 16 by a revolutionary tribunal in the Iranian Kurdish city of Marivan.
Hasanpoor was found guilty of ‘moharebe’ (taking up [...]
— Firman Firdaus
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About: See Authors Posts (11) • August 2nd, 2007
Topic: Censorship, Ethics
Speaking about bribery: A local journalist has been sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment for taking bribe in Satkhira. This fellow, Raghu Nath Kha, demanded Tk 5000 as bribe to Eman Ali, a driver of Tala upazila parishad.
He threatened him to publish news against him on alleged corruption of non-compliance if he does not give [...]
— ikram
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • July 4th, 2007
Topic: Ethics
If you were a journalist and one day were invited by the government to leave on umrah (small hajj) for free, would you say yes to it?
How about going on trip to Malaysia and Singapore (again, for free) so you can conduct a comparative study?
If your answer is “yes”, then you’re not alone. Forty Lampung [...]
— ikram
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • June 29th, 2007
Topic: Ethics, Media Credibility
You might want to check this out. It’s written by Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi (chairman of Arab Media Watch), in response to the campaign by Melanie Phillips against the organisation, “and the hate mail it has generated”.
…….. Given the hate mail, or in most cases “race mail”, generated by Phillips’ call for her readers to write [...]
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • June 14th, 2007
Topic: Ethics
Nice move. From AsiaNewsNetwork:
The authorities have started a crackdown on cyber scams, blocking access to six illegal investment websites and raiding the offices of an Internet firm in the Klang Valley.
In a press statement released yesterday, the Securities Commission said the six websites were www.abbfund.com or www.abfund.us, www.cfdventure.com, www.swedenfund.com, www.uebond.com, www.esuissefund.com or www.efmf.com.pa and www.ecashfinance.com.
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— ikram
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • June 13th, 2007
Topic: Ethics, Media Credibility
I really have no idea what these Palestinian gunmen had in mind.
JERUSALEM: Palestinian gunmen who used a vehicle disguised as a television truck to assault an Israeli military position drew sharp condemnations yesterday from journalists who charged that the incident, the first of its kind, would make their jobs more dangerous than ever.
In Saturday’s [...]
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • June 12th, 2007
Topic: Ethics
An Indonesian singer recently said that she trusted Malaysian journalists more than Indonesian.
“Malaysian journalists are the best I’ve ever met. They can be friends. But Indonesian journalists, they can ruin your career.” said the singer, 29-years-old Rossa, to Utusan Malaysia.
“That’s why about my marriage life, I only made one statement to them (Indonesian journalists). [...]
— ikram
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • June 4th, 2007
Topic: Ethics, Media Credibility
Badrya Darwish from Kuwait Times on May, 10, 2007, wrote about a set of new rules and regulations issued by the Ministry of Information. Although he agreed with some of the articles, he said no to article number four, which forbids the “publication of personal interview with citizens who support or oppose a certain policy [...]
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About: See Authors Posts (27) • May 29th, 2007
Topic: Ethics
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