Fact vs. Fiction TEDxKinnaird - Ali Aftab Saeed

[Basit147]

Fact vs. Fiction TEDxKinnaird - Ali Aftab Saeed

How often do we read the news and consider it to be fact? Using examples from daily news; Ali Aftab divides headlines into 3 typical categories and explains the importance of thinking before believing.

[indigo]

Reality... Good share Thanks

Same about PML N PPP and Q And JUI

everyone wants to show the other as corrupt...

Please don't heat up your head or hate anyone because you have read in Newspaper or Internet...

[insaf-seeker]

Not impressive, could have criticized much more and in a much better way!!

[indigo]

Not impressive, could have criticized much more and in a much better way!!

Yes, but it was good for such short time...

[Basit147]

when this happens it is not news it is we fear u or u fear us

[Sedqal]

Another dimension is that Urdu newspapers are for the masses thus have the necessary ingredients of sensationalism, populist fantasies and just a touch of vulgarity. English papers on the other hand are supposed to be targeting the educated class thus you see some real journalism and opinions there. It is a sad fact that the opinions which are presented in English papers can cause mass disturbances if translated in Urdu and published. Not a pretty picture of the degree to which our society is segmented. A good experiment can be to match Jang and The News and see the difference there. I once read an opinion in The News lambasting Americans for intolerance in the background of a case where a legislator was caught indulging in homosexual activities in a public bathroom. The gust of the opinion was that American due to intolerance have compelled the legislator to practice his sexual inclinations in such a place and that reflects poorly on tolerance level of American society. Can anyone even think of sharing such opinions in An Urdu paper?