Patatha milungu ingapo kukhala chete, ITN yavomereza kuzunzika koyipa kwa Afghanistan pamawayilesi ake a TV.
Pa Januware 9 ndi 13, ITN inanena za Marjan mkango wa diso limodzi ku zoo ya Kabul. Marjan "chithunzi chomenyedwa chinakhudza anthu padziko lonse lapansi", tinauzidwa pa 9th, "vuto lake ndi chizindikiro cha nkhanza pansi pa a Taliban". Zotsatira zake, gulu la ma vets adawuluka kukapereka "thandizo lofunika kwambiri ... chithandizo ndi chakudya" (ITN Lunchtime News, 9 January, 2002). Chojambula chotsekera chinali ndi Marjan wokondwa akutafuna nyama yayikulu.
Tidapeza zomwe zimadyedwa kwina ku Afghanistan tsiku lomwelo mu lipoti losowa kwambiri la Guardian pa tsoka la ku Afghanistan:
"Mudzi wa Bonavash ukuvutika ndi njala pang'onopang'ono," Ravi Nessman adalemba. "Pozingidwa ndi gulu la Taliban komanso kuphwanyidwa ndi chilala chazaka zambiri, anthu okhala kumapiri akutali ayamba kudya mkate wopangidwa kuchokera ku udzu ndi ufa wa balere. Ana omwe mkaka wa amayi awo wauma amadyetsedwa phala la udzu. Okalamba opanda mano amathyola udzu. Anthu ambiri amadwala matenda otsekula m'mimba kapena chifuwa cham'mimba.
'Tikuyembekezera kufa. Ngati chakudya sichibwera, ngati zinthu sizisintha, tidzadya [udzu] ... mpaka tidzafa, "anatero Ghalam Raza, 42, bambo wa chifuwa chachikulu, kupweteka m'mimba komanso kutuluka magazi m'matumbo." (Ravi Nessman, 'Afghans amadya udzu ngati thandizo likulephera kufika,' Guardian, January 9, 2002)
Nessman anafotokoza nkhani ya Khadabaksh, yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito mโmafamu, yemwe ankayangโana ana ake aakazi anayi motaya mtima: โMasabata atatu apitawo, ana ake anali ndi mayi ndi mlongo wake wakhanda. Onse amwalira. kuchuluka kwa barele wolimidwa kunyumba kuti banja lake lipange mkate wa udzuโฆ 'Kuli bwino kufera m'nyumba mwathu,' anatero, 'osati kumalo achilendo ndi anthu achilendo.'
Za izi, ITN, monga nkhani za BBC TV, ilibe chilichonse chonena mpaka pano chaka chino mpaka theka lachiwiri la Disembala.
Kuphunzira kwa Marjan mkango kumapereka kuwala kochititsa chidwi pa chiphunzitso chomwe chinakhazikitsidwa ku New Statesman mu September: kutanthauza, kuti ndi zachibadwa kuti Britons ayenera kusamalira kwambiri zowawa za ku New York kusiyana ndi anthu a Dziko Lachitatu.
Momwe "malingaliro a ku Britain amakhudzidwira", olemba adalemba, adatsimikiziridwa ndi "chilengedwe chaumunthu" komanso kugwirizana kwa moyo wa anthu ku US Mfundo yakuti anthu omwe anazunzidwa pa September 11, "anakhala moyo wofanana ndi wathu". (Mkonzi, 'Si Wild West, Mr President', New Statesman, 24 September, 2001)
Chifukwa chake, ndikufuna kudziwa kuti ufulu wachibadwidwe komanso kuzunzika (kungotheka) kwa akaidi a al-Qaida ndi a Taliban omwe amakhala ku Guantanamo ku Cuba kwadzutsa zikumbumtima za olemba ndemanga 'omasuka' kulikonse, pomwe kuzunzika kwenikweni ndi imfa ya mazana masauzande a Afghan. anthu wamba opulumuka pa udzu amawadutsa.
Zowonadi, nkhani yoyambira ya Guantanamo ndi chifukwa chodziwika bwino cha 'ufulu', chomwe chimapereka chithunzithunzi chambiri chodziyimira pawokha molimba mtima, pomwe sichimachititsa manyazi mphamvu zomwe zilipo. Nkhani zochititsa manyazi kwambiri kuzinthu zamphamvu sizimawonedwa kwa nthawi yayitali. Palinso vuto la Marjan mkango wa diso limodzi, yemwe mwina ali m'gulu la omwe sakhala "amakhala ngati athu".
Mwa mayankho omwe adalandira kuchokera ku BBC poyankha pa Januware 3, Media Lens Alert ndi awa, omwe adalandira pa 16 Januware, 2002:
Wokondedwa Mr Edwards
Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha imelo yanu ndi zomwe mudalembera mnzanga, Richard Carey, zomwe ndafunsidwa kuti ndiyankhe.
Ndawona ndemanga zanu pa BBC ONE's One O'Clock News Lachinayi 3 Januware. Komabe, sizingatheke kufotokoza zonse zomwe zimachitika tsiku limodzi ndipo malingaliro adzasiyana ponena za nkhani zomwe ziyenera kuphatikizidwa mu nkhani za theka la ola. Mosiyana ndi nyuzipepala, mapulogalamu a nkhani alibe zokometsera zamkati kapena zigawo zapadera zomwe zimathandiza manyuzipepala kutulutsa malipoti osiyanasiyana.
Ine wanu mowona mtima
Denise Tattersall Chidziwitso cha BBC
Chodabwitsa, imelo ya a Denise Tattersall inali kuyankha ku Media Alert yomwe + siyinangoyang'ana + pa BBC One O'Clock News pa Januware 3, koma pa BBC inanena "panthawi ya Khrisimasi" mpaka Januware. Izi zimapangitsa kuti zonse zomwe zanenedwa za "nkhani zomwe ziyenera kuphatikizidwa munkhani ya theka la ola" kukhala zosafunikira kwenikweni.
Koma ngakhale tikadakhala tikungonena za Januware 3, lingaliro la Tattersall loti kuphimba anthu wamba 100 aku Afghans omwe adamwalira patsikulo kungafune "zambiri zamasamba kapena magawo apadera" ndizodabwitsa. Lingaliro lathu ndilakuti tsoka lalikulu pamlingo uwu liyenera kuphatikizidwa pamodzi ndi zisangalalo za kusuta fodya limodzi, mapindu ochulukirapo a Marks & Spencers, mvula yamatalala ikuluikulu, ndi mitu ina yofunika.
Kumbukirani kuti ife tinali, ndipo tikadali, tikufunsa BBC funso lalikulu: chifukwa chiyani silinapereke chidziwitso ku njala ndi imfa ya mazana masauzande a anthu wamba a Afghanistan - osati adani, koma osalakwa omwe adayimilira ngati omwe anazunzidwa pa September 11 - boma lathu lili ndi thayo lalikulu la kuvutika kwawo? Kwa ichi, sitinalandirebe yankho lalikulu.
Zopusa zapitilirabe pomwe a BBC adayankha funso lathu pobwereza kudzipereka kwawo "kumasuka, chilungamo komanso kulemekeza chowonadi".
Tidalandira kope la kusinthana kwa imelo pakati pa m'modzi mwa omwe adalembetsa ndi a Lee Rodgers a Editorial & Investigation Team ku BBC Information, pomwe a Rodgers adati, "pali chidaliro chofala pakupanda tsankho kwa malipoti a BBC." Titapempha a Rodgers kuti agwirizane ndi izi, adatchula lipoti lapachaka la BBC, ndikuwonjezera kuti: "Zofufuza zathu zambiri za omvera zimangogwiritsidwa ntchito m'kati mwathu ndipo ndizokhudza malonda."
Lipoti lapachaka palokha silinena chilichonse chokhudza momwe malipoti a BBC amawaonera kukhala odalirika komanso olondola ndi omwe amalipira ziphaso. (Onani: http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/report2001/report/index.shtml).
Tidalimbikira a Rogers mopitilira, kunena za zomwe bungweli lidafotokoza za zochitika zinazake, kuphatikiza kuwukira kwa US/UK ku Afghanistan komanso tsoka lothandizira anthu lomwe likuchitika kumeneko.
Tidamukumbutsa, makamaka, za Gawo 2.2 la malangizo kwa opanga BBC: "Mapulogalamu ankhani ayenera kupatsa owonera ndi omvera nkhani zanzeru komanso zodziwitsidwa zomwe zimawathandiza kupanga malingaliro awoawo." (Onani: http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/editorial/prodgl/chapter2.shtml#factual).
A Rodgers anayankha kuti: "Pepani kumva kuti mukuda nkhawa ndi momwe BBC imasonyezera kuti mapulogalamu ake ndi omasuka, achilungamo komanso amalemekeza choonadi. Yankhani, ngakhale ndikulozeraninso njira ya BBC Online."
Chomvetsa chisoni n'chakuti, mayankhowa ndi ofanana ndi makina osindikizira amakampani omwe sakhala oyankha, komanso osasamala, kwa aliyense. Makanema amatha kuchita momwe angafunire, anthu amatha kuzikonda kapena kuziyika, ndipo ma TV amayenda mosangalala mosasamala kanthu.
Chaka chatha, otsatsa a BBC adalengeza mosalekeza kuti: "Kuwona mtima, kukhulupirika - ndi zomwe BBC imayimira."
Kunena zoona, mtolankhani John Pilger wanenapo za "zovuta zomwe mabungwe monga BBC amachitira, omwe nkhani zawo nthawi zambiri zimasankhidwa chifukwa cha "kukhulupirika" komwe kumakhazikitsidwa.
Izi zikutsatira kuti pamene maziko awa akusowa - mwachitsanzo, kumene kukhazikitsidwa kumachita manyazi ndi kuzunzika kwakukulu komwe kumakhala ndi udindo weniweni - ndiye kuti nkhani zoterezi sizingakhale zodalirika ndipo sizimasankhidwa.
David Edwards ndi David Cromwell ndi akonzi a Media Lens.
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