The media also consider it their duty to protect the interests of the state to continue taking advertisements from the government
Dawn Media reporter
Frankfurt: A major European media outlet has published and telecasted a real report about Pakistani journalism, according to which the trend of self-righteous sensationalist journalism is continuously increasing in Pakistan. Is. This trend is causing a deep social concern, which has never been seen before. Electronic and digital media have become effective sources of news access in Pakistan for a long time. Hence, there is growing social concern over the new style of sensationalist journalism. One of the main reasons for the inequality and insecurity of civil rights in Pakistani society is the lack of professional and responsible journalistic attitudes based on facts. Media organizations also consider it their duty to protect the interests of the state to continue taking advertisements from the government. Thus, where writing and speaking about the interests of the political and social elites is stopped, who will talk about the interests of the people? The second type of ‘new’ online journalism in Pakistan is another name for the engagement of such people, who are only themselves. considers ‘right’ and all others as ‘wrong’ and whose performance is termed as ‘non-political action journalism’ or ‘vigilante journalism’. The other type of people who call themselves journalists violate the country’s laws and forcefully enter people’s homes, factories, offices, and business buildings and take the contract to expose the alleged social evils. Online journalism of sorts also exists in Pakistan because the mainstream media is not doing much public interest journalism. Some individuals or institutions are doing this individually, but their number is very small. So how to remind the Pakistani media of its responsibility to protect public interests?