Media Culture

rarely found a place in their columns. And so, many people began to hate the British. Likewise, before 1947, newspapers that were influenced by the Muslim League used to ignore the positive aspects of the Hindus and published only negative things about them. The result of this was that many Muslims of the Indian subcontinent developed mistrust of Hindus. Similarly, these days, large sections of the Muslim media in many parts of the world do not refer to the positive aspects of America. As a result of this, many Muslims have developed an intense dislike for America and have even begun to imagine that America is the Enemy No. 1 of Muslims. The status of the media is that of an industry. On account of the media’s own business expediencies, it is not possible for it to stop its method of one-sided reporting and follow a method of two-sided reporting. The practical solution in this regard is not complaining against the media, but, rather, reforming one’s own thinking. We need to promote conscious awareness among people. We need to nurture among them the ability to engage in right thinking and reflection so that they do not get affected by the faulty reporting of the media. By becoming capable of analysing things, themselves, they should be able to arrive at a proper opinion about them. An instance of the use of this method of analysis would be that if someone hears a Muslim leader claiming that America is the Enemy No. 1 of Islam or if someone reads such a claim in a Muslim newspaper, they