Qatar’s media handled the Saudi-led siege with responsibility and responded sensibly even when the blockading countries were blatantly publishing lies against Qatar, prominent journalist Anu Sharma told Qatar Radio’s live show Haqeeqat yesterday.
“The media channels of the blockading countries kept lying for many weeks, but I think gradually people in these countries are beginning to question the authenticity of the news,” she said, while pointing out that news grounded in lies creates sensation for a brief time and eventually people discover the truth.
“It’s a trend these days for a section of the media to create news for the sake of sensationalism and TRP (Target Rating Point), but the media channels in Qatar exercise their freedom with great responsibility.”
Sharma has previously worked for All India Radio and Doordarshan apart from the print media and other television channels.
Haqeeqat, which aims to engage and interact with the large South Asian expatriate community in Qatar, is a joint venture of the Gulf Times and Qatar Media Corporation Urdu Radio. It is broadcast from Sunday to Thursday on FM107. The show is hosted by Saif-ur-Rehman.
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