Biased Media Reporting

An excellent current example on why the media cannot be trusted….some media companies have got political affiliations. In this case, the Al-Jazeera is funded by the royal family of Qatar that is sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood government of Egypt.

Note also the important example of the fruit-seller who set himself on fire – a video of which went viral on the internet and sparked off the Arab Spring. Al-Jazeera’s broadcast of this video on traditional media added on to the momentum of the revolution.

Sample Qn:

Can the media ever be relied upon to convey the truth? (Cambridge 2003)