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Global Media Houses And Balanced Journalism by 7thCANON: 9:41pm On Sep 20, 2014
Until the lion learn to speak, the tales of hunting will always favor the hunter. A look at how the headlined of major global media houses. Even though I admire their wide coverage and professionalism, I always remind myself that they sometimes serves the interest of their owners by reporting less negative things about the represent and more negative things about the ones they don’t like or by reporting along the line of a greater agenda. Let’s examine how some global media houses reports some events.
Israel Vs Palestinian conflict
CNN: Hamas continues to fire rocket to Israel. Israel says it has the right to defend itself from terrorist activities
BBC: Israeli rockets targets homes of Hamas leaders
Al Jazeera: Dozens of innocent civilians killed in Gaza by Israeli military
Russia Today: No related headline

Malaysian Flight MH17
CNN: Pro-Russian separatist shoots downs aircraft killing everyone on board
BBC: Russian backed separatist downs civilian aircraft using ground-to-air rocket launcher allegedly supplied by Russia
Al Jazeera: Malaysian civilian vessel shot down in rebel-controlled area in Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia trade blames
Russia Today: Malaysian civilian aircraft shot down in breakaway region of Ukraine. Russia says it has evidence that the act was committed by Ukrainian military

Syria crisis
CNN: Islamic State executes another western captive. Obama says IS must be destroyed. Urges Western allies to cooperate to destroy the enemy of western civilization
BBC: Islamic State executes another western captive. David Cameron says IS members are not Muslims but monsters. NATA to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces
Al Jazeera: Islamic State executes another western captive. US promises to destroy Islamic State
Russia Today: US foreign policy backfires: How US funded rebels turned against them

About the United Kingdom
CNN: UK government faces more pressure referendum to leave the Eurozone
BBC: Cameron urged to tackle growing health problems of obesity in the UK
Al Jazeera: Anti-Semitism growing in the UK
Russia Today: Health of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange deteriorate: UK government still bent on handing over for prosecution

About the United States
CNN: Republicans urges Pres. Obama to do more to control illegal immigration from southern borders
BBC: UK and US scientists collaborate in solving some of the world’s greatest challenges
Al Jazeera: How greedy Wall Street executives collapsed the world and became billionaires
Russia Today: Poverty and Homelessness reaches all time high the US

About Russia
CNN: Opposition in Russia says the Kremlin is trampling of civil liberties
BBC: US accuses Russia of supporting Assad to kill innocent civilians in Syria
Al Jazeera: Russia supports to Iran in its right to peaceful use of nuclear power
Russia Today: Russian scientist break new grounds in nano-technology

About Israel
CNN: Israeli government says it faces daily threats from the terrorist group Hamas
BBC: Iran nuclear power remains a threat to Israel’s existence
Al Jazeera: Israeli government acquires new lands in West Bank. Displaces thousands of Palestinians
Russia Today: White House and Pentagon remain silent over Israel’s nuclear facilities, but wants Iran to stop peaceful use of nuclear power.

About Africa
CNN: Transparency International says corruption has fuelled rising poverty in Africa
BBC: Africa Rising-separating facts from myths: World Bank says poverty on the rise in Africa despite high growth rate
Al Jazeera: The cost of conflicts in Africa: Central African Republic conflict displaces thousands of innocent people. Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria displaces over 100 thousand.
Russia Today: How western countries promote corruption in resource-rich African countries: from Nigeria to Sudan, DR Congo, Gabon, and others, the story is the same.


Africa is always at the receiving end as the continent does not have any media house that is objective about events and happenings on the continent.

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