Third world and information multinationals-a question of perspectives

Abstract

AbstractAmong Fleet Street’s journalism jargon, ‘perspective’ in reporting may amount to subjectivity and a deliberate angling of a story. But ironically, Third World leaders accuse the Western media of the same ‘sin’ and demand the right to retain the same ‘perspective’ when reporting Third World events. This brings us to the debate whether the old theory ‘facts are sacred, comment is free’ is anymore valid. Here Narinder Aggarwala attempts to ’syllogise’ an argument for a Third World perspective.