As usual, I am always busy with work and university. So I don’t have any clue about the new events, songs, movies or news, and I am always one of the last people who know about the breaking news. On April 16 which was the last Monday, I was surprised by hearing every body in the university discussing a shocking robbery that happened in Wafi city. After a while, I met my friend Noura who told me about the crime, and showed me a video taken by one her friends who witnessed the robbery. Honestly, I couldn’t believe what I watched and heard because as we know UAE has always been a safe country. The robbery was sophisticated and well planned, it was just like what we see in the movies and I think that those people are from the MAFIA.
Here’s what I heard, on Sunday night (April 15) at 9:30 pm a bunch of gang rammed into the Graff Jewellery shop which is one of the most prestigious shops in the UAE. It’s full of unique diamonds and gold that don’t exist in any other place around the world.
Now I’ll move to my main topic, which is my role as a decision maker in UAE’s main TV channel. As we all know, mass media has a great deal of influence in covering the crime news. The power of the mass media allows newspapers, radio, magazines and television to use their own judgment when reporting current events. In some instances media is considered as an asset to the government. However, in other times it could be an obstacle. In the case of waif robbery, most of the well known newspapers such as Gulf News published brief information about the issue. They couldn’t say much and I think the reason behind that is the government. UAE government doesn’t want people to be scared so they are trying to hide the facts and the truth.
Here’s what I heard, on Sunday night (April 15) at 9:30 pm a bunch of gang rammed into the Graff Jewellery shop which is one of the most prestigious shops in the UAE. It’s full of unique diamonds and gold that don’t exist in any other place around the world.
Now I’ll move to my main topic, which is my role as a decision maker in UAE’s main TV channel. As we all know, mass media has a great deal of influence in covering the crime news. The power of the mass media allows newspapers, radio, magazines and television to use their own judgment when reporting current events. In some instances media is considered as an asset to the government. However, in other times it could be an obstacle. In the case of waif robbery, most of the well known newspapers such as Gulf News published brief information about the issue. They couldn’t say much and I think the reason behind that is the government. UAE government doesn’t want people to be scared so they are trying to hide the facts and the truth.
If I was a decision maker in TV channel, I will immediately use all the mass media technologies to broadcast this breaking event. As a media presenter, my responsibility is to be honest with my audience and legally do whatever it costs me to provide them with information they expect and need. In addition, I should take this exceptional opportunity and try my best to have exclusive scenes and truthful reports in order to present the whole picture to my audience. So to grab the attention of the people and make them watch my channel, I will try to be the first channel that broadcast the news, because in all the ways the crime is going to be covered by other news channels. I think this is ethical and I have the right to do so because this is what we learn in our media courses to say the truth, also this is the reason of media existence. However, my news will always be on a high level of professionalism which doesn’t hurt the image of Dubai. If I was the decision maker, I will carefully observe the country’s rules and regulations about broadcasting certain news, because I’ll never damage my organization by exposing it to unethical behaviors.
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