Desktop Reporting at its Worst!
From the Blog ProPakistani: Desktop Reporting at its Worst! - Desktop Reporting at its Worst! is a post from: ProPakistani These days more and more people are shifting from newspapers and in part from TV channels to their corresponding e-versions. I used to read a couple of newspapers in the morning but now I just point my browser to BBC and other news websites when I want to know what's happening in the world. With this fundamental shift in how we obtain information, it is of paramount importance that our sources be reliable and up to date. Unfortunately, this is not the case – as our conventional newspapers/TV channels lift content from the internet (without quoting) and not with enough knowledge on the topic. During this, they miss out information or misrepresent facts. You don't have to look far and deep to confirm this. The author seems unaware that the movie in question, " The Tourist " actually stars Johnny Depp as a lead, not Brad Pitt. Furthermore the article says that it's Angelina Jolie's and Brad Pitts' first movie together, which is wrong. Their first movie together was "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" which premiered in 2005. This is simply unacceptable. Geo is a major player in the news and entertainment market and them publishing such inaccurate articles is a travesty. One wonders how many of their other articles go published without any sorts of checks and verifications. Here's another example. The irony is they claim to be the number one newspaper in Pakistan. The link to the firewall in question is: As you can see it's actually a project being offered to the finals year students at NUST. Here's an excerpt from the project description. "Semantic Web application Firewall is a research group in UG block at ground floor (SEECS)" The article claims that the firewall was actually designed by a leading Japanese company and NUST professionals aided the development. – insert a facepalm here – Its quite clear on the homepage for the SWAF that NUST are working in close collaboration with a Japanese company DTS mainly and not the other way round. One might think that the reporters just grab random parts of interesting news from internet and color it according to their taste. IF this is so, which seems the case, I question their claim of being the number 1 newspaper. Being the best also means to produce the best stuff, a fact being ignored apparently. The bottom-line is that major newspapers and TV channels need to realize that the editorial and reporting quality that goes into their channels and news should translate to their internet counterparts too. With inaccurate articles like these, they are only losing readers as well as being made punch lines of jokes. Thanks to Bilal Bajwa and Kamran Bukhari for tipping us on this Related posts: KASB Bank Automates its Reporting Chart of Accounts system Clinical Laboratories of Aga Khan University Hospital Launch e-Reporting Ncomputing Offers Unique virtualization Solutions to Computer Users Least Concerned about Punjab Assembly's Verdict Viper Launches Core i3 Desktop Machine Copyright © 2010 ProPakistani.PK . Read Full Post
Celebrating Taseer's Death
From the Blog Tanzeelism: Celebrating Taseer's Death - I always read the country is going nowhere, I hear rhetoric that the country has no future but recently I understood that why Pakistan's future is bleak. When the people of my country can get happy on the cold blooded murder of a human being then definitely something is majorly wrong somewhere. To test the . Read Full Post
Settling Abroad
From the Blog Green Chillies: Settling Abroad - When it comes to arranging marriages, the most attractive proposals are usually the ones related to boys settled abroad. From what I have observed the 'Baher ka rishta" factor is so strong that other much more important criteria like education, looks (for those who think they are important) and in some cases the marital status . Read Full Post
Tech Trends: Rise of Smart TVs
From the Blog telecompk - > Tech Trends: Rise of Smart TVs telecompk.net — This is second in our series of Tech Trends which discusses the changing role of TV and Internet. Till recently, TV used to be a really dumb, one-way medium. Now there's a big push to change that with models that have built-in processors and software so the sets can be loaded... . Read Full Post
Fauzia Wahab Golden Girl of The Silver Screen
From the Blog pakspectator - > Fauzia Wahab Golden Girl of The Silver Screen pakspectator.com — 1 " She was a revelation. It was a performance. Brilliant, vivid, something made of fire and... Read More at http://www.pakspectator.com . Read Full Post
No torture on Qadri, says medical report
From the Blog pakpoint - > No torture on Qadri, says medical report pakpoint.com — ISLAMABAD: The medical board on Friday handed over medical report of Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, to Kohsar police. The report confirmed that no one had tortured him during investigation and the allegation levelled by Qadri's lawyer that police... . Read Full Post
Resettlement plan for Bhasha affectees finalised
From the Blog pamirtimes - > Resettlement plan for Bhasha affectees finalised pamirtimes.wordpress.com — ISLAMABAD – Wapda in consultation with stakeholders is finalising a comprehensive policy for resettlement and rehabilitation of the affectees for its future projects with the prime focus on Diamer Bhasha Dam project. Wapda Chairman, Shakil Durrani, stated this while addressing... . Read Full Post
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