Lies, Lies, Lies! I think most talkshows are built on lies that many people might believe and maybe build opinions because of those lies. I do not think it is fair to say that Arab entertainment industry because I believe that media all over the world is full of lies or atleast manipulation of the truth itself. I believe that lying in a talkshow is definitely wrong and non-ethical, but most talkshows on most channels consist of lies, so the problem is not in a channel or a network, I believe the problem is in the whole system! We can not accuse a network or a specific talkshow for something that most networks are practicing, this would not be fair. A network or a presenter is only looking for the best for her show, his/her aim is not to lie or make a fool out of her audience. I believe that we hardly see the truth anywhere, there is always atleast a manipulation of the truth, in advertisements, in talkshows, sometimes even on the news! This is just the show business, their aim is never to deliver a true message or a theme statement, their aim is to deliever a better show, to make you choose to turn to this network and watch their show whether you believe in what they are saying or not.
P.S. I really hope you accept this blog, because it is Friday night.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Hello,
I had a problem sending a post earlier and was only able to send comments, I was finally able to post now so please consider it as it is only 10 minutes past midnight :-).
As I stated in my previous comment on the post titled HALA SHOW, that fabricating stories and lying to the audience is unethical and irresponsible. In no means would the audience accept lies disregarding the intentions behind them. Hala Sarhan has not been officially accused of the charges against her however, she has a reputation for tending to create a public dilemma in her program by discussing contraversial and sensitive topics in an irresponsible manner. The episode is usually full of shouts and accusations from both sides of the argument, and the viewer rarely gains anything from her the discussion other than a headache.
As a media personality that has been broadcasting shows for over 25 years, I think that she should have known better than to fabricate the stories, that is if she had done so. She should have respected the field and career that she has been in for all these years and should have at least respected her audience. But instead she decided to fabricate to discuss a sensitive topic which is: prostitutes, and also broke her promise to the girls by showing their faces enough to be recognized easily.
Whether guilty or not, I believe that the audience that has been direspected for years by Dr. Hala Sarhan is now paying her back by believing the accusations (while if they were on a respected presenter they wouldn't have been so instantly widely believed) and demanding her show to be stopped. They are paying her back for years of irresponsibility and exaggeration when discussing sensitive topics, and for her attitude and behaviour that is against the basic manners of the coservative societies she is broadcasting to even in her entertaining episodes. Please dont misunderstand me I am not against her discussing sensitive or contraversial issues, I am just against her attitude while doing so.
But to be fair, we should address this incident separetly and not judge her on her long years in the media industry. We should all wait until the judgement of the Egyptian courts are out and then accuse her fully. And even if she is guilty of fabrication, accusations such as "intending to ruin the Egyptian image" are exaggerations. And the call of some extremists to cut her hand and leg...well that should not even be considered.
Finally, I wish that Dr. Hala Sarhan had respected her audience from the begining so that she would gain their support and trust immediately rather than appearing on a TV shw on Orbit and crying for almost 45 minutes as she gave an extended speech about her long path in the media and her numerous accomplishments to prove her innocense.
I had a problem sending a post earlier and was only able to send comments, I was finally able to post now so please consider it as it is only 10 minutes past midnight :-).
As I stated in my previous comment on the post titled HALA SHOW, that fabricating stories and lying to the audience is unethical and irresponsible. In no means would the audience accept lies disregarding the intentions behind them. Hala Sarhan has not been officially accused of the charges against her however, she has a reputation for tending to create a public dilemma in her program by discussing contraversial and sensitive topics in an irresponsible manner. The episode is usually full of shouts and accusations from both sides of the argument, and the viewer rarely gains anything from her the discussion other than a headache.
As a media personality that has been broadcasting shows for over 25 years, I think that she should have known better than to fabricate the stories, that is if she had done so. She should have respected the field and career that she has been in for all these years and should have at least respected her audience. But instead she decided to fabricate to discuss a sensitive topic which is: prostitutes, and also broke her promise to the girls by showing their faces enough to be recognized easily.
Whether guilty or not, I believe that the audience that has been direspected for years by Dr. Hala Sarhan is now paying her back by believing the accusations (while if they were on a respected presenter they wouldn't have been so instantly widely believed) and demanding her show to be stopped. They are paying her back for years of irresponsibility and exaggeration when discussing sensitive topics, and for her attitude and behaviour that is against the basic manners of the coservative societies she is broadcasting to even in her entertaining episodes. Please dont misunderstand me I am not against her discussing sensitive or contraversial issues, I am just against her attitude while doing so.
But to be fair, we should address this incident separetly and not judge her on her long years in the media industry. We should all wait until the judgement of the Egyptian courts are out and then accuse her fully. And even if she is guilty of fabrication, accusations such as "intending to ruin the Egyptian image" are exaggerations. And the call of some extremists to cut her hand and leg...well that should not even be considered.
Finally, I wish that Dr. Hala Sarhan had respected her audience from the begining so that she would gain their support and trust immediately rather than appearing on a TV shw on Orbit and crying for almost 45 minutes as she gave an extended speech about her long path in the media and her numerous accomplishments to prove her innocense.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Ethic in today's media?
Okay... well firstly, i hope this gets counted, it is Friday night, but its before mid-night, so hopefully i havent exceeded the deadline!
My opinion in this matter, had been made since, the first time we spoke about it in class. I believe it is ethically very wrong IF the hoax about Hala Sarhan's TV show is true.Journalists, T.V hosts, and all people that are incharge of what media content should be broadcasted, printed or posted have strict and ethical guidelines to follow. By asking girls to lie about a false "prostitution" story just to spice up her show or attract more viewers, Hala would be bending the rules and not following the ethical ways of media. But the question is, are there really any ethics in the media presented to us in todays world, in the first place?
Well.. there a lot of things that need to be considered, such as researchers bias, content consensus, audience selection and also 'censorship' before certain media is presented. In Hala's case, the issue about her faking this and the girls actually telling people about their so called "lies" is only a scandal at the moment, not a proven fact. It could or could not be true.
My opinion in this matter, had been made since, the first time we spoke about it in class. I believe it is ethically very wrong IF the hoax about Hala Sarhan's TV show is true.Journalists, T.V hosts, and all people that are incharge of what media content should be broadcasted, printed or posted have strict and ethical guidelines to follow. By asking girls to lie about a false "prostitution" story just to spice up her show or attract more viewers, Hala would be bending the rules and not following the ethical ways of media. But the question is, are there really any ethics in the media presented to us in todays world, in the first place?
Well.. there a lot of things that need to be considered, such as researchers bias, content consensus, audience selection and also 'censorship' before certain media is presented. In Hala's case, the issue about her faking this and the girls actually telling people about their so called "lies" is only a scandal at the moment, not a proven fact. It could or could not be true.
Even T.V lies!
After all what we heard about people who went to the moon, we suddenly realized that the news could have been FAKED!! My Astronomy professor told us that it could not be true! after that incident, it became really difficult for me to believe what the media says .I started to think that media people are willing to say anything to pull the audience attention, even if they are going to fake stories and call it ‘reality’ .Honestly speaking its not easy to attract people to listen, specially when there is a huge amount of people with different tastes, you have to come up with something extraordinary. For example recently a known show presenter called Hala Sarhan talked about prostitutes in her show (Hala Show). Hala -in order to support her case- interviewed some girls, who admitted that they had sex for money, but the surprise was that it wasn’t the sex they got the money for; the rumour says that they actually got paid to say such confessions on T.V. I read that the program presenter Hala Sarhan explained that she had no idea that the girls she interviewed were faked and that she could never take such an action. Well she said it herself; ‘such an action’ obviously means that she understands that it’s unethical. In my opinion no matter what the reason was faking and lying is not acceptable .prostitution happens in Egypt as well as around the world, and it’s a good thing to alert the community for such a problem, but that doesn’t mean that we lie to them! Because after all, if the audience realise that they have been deceived, they will not accept the sender’s ideas no matter how good or convening they are, and for the proof, the show could have used statistics to support their case.
Media: Morality and Ethics
This is WISSAM HASAN's point of view on Hala Sarhan's show. He had some technical issues in posting it.
Media plays a vital role in our life. From the invention of the radio to the World Wide Web, it has been the source that connects us to other parts of the world. It also gives us a great opportunity to get closer to each other, and by that I mean, having similar thoughts, our awareness to what is happening to the mankind became shared and therefore strengthen the ties between different cultures and races. However, in order to accomplish the goals of the media, there are certain rules that have to be followed, and the key word here is credibility. A spoken or written massage has to have some sort of accuracy in the writhen contents.
As students of media and journalism we have been taught for many generations about the ethics of our career and responsibility we carry towards the societies. Many ethical codes have been applied by “a high reputation academic schools and by a well known experts in the field”. Yet the question that we should as ourselves as journalists is “Do we really follow what we have been taught?” “ Do our cameras captures what we see or what someone else sees?” when I think about media in the present day I would relate it to the government and how the media is actually manipulated according to what the government wants. Yet, there is much more that I didn’t realize until last class. In the case of hala sarhan, the blame wasn’t on the government or another kind of a powerful system; the blame was on her and her credibility and integrity as famous T.V reporter. To be honest, I never watched any of her shows but I have heard about her great work and her daring attitudes toward different unique social issues.
I realize that it is still an investigation and no one is to blame but let’s assume that what is said is the true. Hala Sarhan is considered an investigative journalist, which deals mainly in creating a social awareness to a certain issue or proves a point of view that is misunderstood by most people. These journalists have been exposed to certain rules and codes that deal with morality and have taken an oath that the message should be delivered in its most accurate level no matter what it takes. Therefore, a fabricated story is considered unethical and disgraces the essence of the media. I don’t know what reasons make a reporter pays create a fake massage including fake characters and fake information. Is it just to be become famous, or is it always about the money. If Hala Sarhan wanted to tell us something about prostitutes, she could have taken many different “legal” ways to tell us that and I agree that there are certain issues that are sensitive especially in the Arab world but yet it is still illegal to bring fake actors to act as prostitutes as well as failing in keeping them anonyms.
I just hope that Hala Sarhan is innocent, not because I am a fan of her, but because I want to know that if there is an area where journalism is practiced in a professional
manner, it would be the Arab world.
Wissam Hasan
Media plays a vital role in our life. From the invention of the radio to the World Wide Web, it has been the source that connects us to other parts of the world. It also gives us a great opportunity to get closer to each other, and by that I mean, having similar thoughts, our awareness to what is happening to the mankind became shared and therefore strengthen the ties between different cultures and races. However, in order to accomplish the goals of the media, there are certain rules that have to be followed, and the key word here is credibility. A spoken or written massage has to have some sort of accuracy in the writhen contents.
As students of media and journalism we have been taught for many generations about the ethics of our career and responsibility we carry towards the societies. Many ethical codes have been applied by “a high reputation academic schools and by a well known experts in the field”. Yet the question that we should as ourselves as journalists is “Do we really follow what we have been taught?” “ Do our cameras captures what we see or what someone else sees?” when I think about media in the present day I would relate it to the government and how the media is actually manipulated according to what the government wants. Yet, there is much more that I didn’t realize until last class. In the case of hala sarhan, the blame wasn’t on the government or another kind of a powerful system; the blame was on her and her credibility and integrity as famous T.V reporter. To be honest, I never watched any of her shows but I have heard about her great work and her daring attitudes toward different unique social issues.
I realize that it is still an investigation and no one is to blame but let’s assume that what is said is the true. Hala Sarhan is considered an investigative journalist, which deals mainly in creating a social awareness to a certain issue or proves a point of view that is misunderstood by most people. These journalists have been exposed to certain rules and codes that deal with morality and have taken an oath that the message should be delivered in its most accurate level no matter what it takes. Therefore, a fabricated story is considered unethical and disgraces the essence of the media. I don’t know what reasons make a reporter pays create a fake massage including fake characters and fake information. Is it just to be become famous, or is it always about the money. If Hala Sarhan wanted to tell us something about prostitutes, she could have taken many different “legal” ways to tell us that and I agree that there are certain issues that are sensitive especially in the Arab world but yet it is still illegal to bring fake actors to act as prostitutes as well as failing in keeping them anonyms.
I just hope that Hala Sarhan is innocent, not because I am a fan of her, but because I want to know that if there is an area where journalism is practiced in a professional
manner, it would be the Arab world.
Wissam Hasan
Lies Over & Over Again
I don’t think that a super star T.V presenter like Hala Sarhan will do such a thing because she won’t risk her great reputation for one show. However, let’s assume that she fabricated all the stories. Is that ethical??!!!
Sure NO, because by doing this media will deceive people’s thoughts. Using media negatively just to make money or be popular is unacceptable. Many people around the world trust the media and it has a huge effect on their daily life, so taking advantage of people’s trust to beat your competitors and be the best in market is really offensive.
On the other hand, in Hala Sarhan show the purpose behind fabricating stories and hiring girls to play the role of being professional prostitutes was to educate people and bring their attention to this vital issue. Moreover, I believe that prostitutes’ problem exists in many countries all over the world and Egypt is one of these countries. But in this part of the world people and media don’t like to admit this fact because of our culture that’s why Hala used fake people.
Actually, I am totally against lying and fabricating stories which didn’t happen. Nevertheless, I agree with broad casting true stories from the real world even if media uses fake people to say it.
Finally, media has become an important source of information in our daily life. However, we can’t always believe the stories and news that media provide because media lies a lot.
Sure NO, because by doing this media will deceive people’s thoughts. Using media negatively just to make money or be popular is unacceptable. Many people around the world trust the media and it has a huge effect on their daily life, so taking advantage of people’s trust to beat your competitors and be the best in market is really offensive.
On the other hand, in Hala Sarhan show the purpose behind fabricating stories and hiring girls to play the role of being professional prostitutes was to educate people and bring their attention to this vital issue. Moreover, I believe that prostitutes’ problem exists in many countries all over the world and Egypt is one of these countries. But in this part of the world people and media don’t like to admit this fact because of our culture that’s why Hala used fake people.
Actually, I am totally against lying and fabricating stories which didn’t happen. Nevertheless, I agree with broad casting true stories from the real world even if media uses fake people to say it.
Finally, media has become an important source of information in our daily life. However, we can’t always believe the stories and news that media provide because media lies a lot.
Media Ethics
Media has a major role on building our community. People tend to rely on it since it is their source of communication in the present time. And since media in general and TV in specific stopped being only our eyewitness to history and started to actually create history, it holds our existence within its hands.
Journalists and TV presenters took the responsibility on their shoulders to make a difference to challenge people and open their minds to “get involved, get engaged, and take ownership of community problems.” Jan Schaffer, Journalist. That was the oath that some of the honest workers in media pledged to. However, the governments in this era that we are living in today made it clear that what those journalists were striving to accomplish is not enough. Journalism in all of its shapes and kinds is still receiving constitutional protection to fit a certain mold that they would like to impose on our democratic society.
One of the media ethics is to seek a high honest level and quality of journalism to improve the community’s capacity for dealing with their problems. If we were to analyze that and try to build up connections with what’s happening around us nowadays we will notice how our journalism lacks substance, honesty and integrity. Almost every thing that surrounds us today is fabricated, manipulated and twisted to fit specific political sides. Government’s attempts to impose some sort of control are clear to the eyes; however, the government is not the only one to blame.
During our class it was my first time to hear about the Hala Sarhan scandal if I can call it that. It was quite shocking to me considering how respected as a TV presenter she is not only in the Egyptian community but in the Arab one as well. I am sure that her show was based on deep research, investigations and interrogations and maybe or probably those stories which were told by those actors were based on true stories that she came across herself; however, I don’t think that she have the right to lie to thousands or maybe even more of her viewers who look up to her and use her knowledge to build their own. I understand the difficulties that she must have faced trying to convince those prostitutes to come on her show and I am certain that facing rejection after weeks or maybe months of research is not very pleasing. It is true all that Hala Sarhan wanted to do is to deliver some sort of awareness to her viewers to make a difference yet I think it is unethical to fake a situation especially that there are other means of media that could have been more appropriate to do so such as a movie perhaps where hiring actors to fulfill a role and deliver a point of view is acceptable because the viewers are well aware that those people are acting however the whole thing is based on true stories.
When I think about this scandal I start to believe that some government control is not so bad after all. It could actually minimize the number of scandals that we are being exposed to every day but I am sure its going to introduce some in their place.
Journalists and TV presenters took the responsibility on their shoulders to make a difference to challenge people and open their minds to “get involved, get engaged, and take ownership of community problems.” Jan Schaffer, Journalist. That was the oath that some of the honest workers in media pledged to. However, the governments in this era that we are living in today made it clear that what those journalists were striving to accomplish is not enough. Journalism in all of its shapes and kinds is still receiving constitutional protection to fit a certain mold that they would like to impose on our democratic society.
One of the media ethics is to seek a high honest level and quality of journalism to improve the community’s capacity for dealing with their problems. If we were to analyze that and try to build up connections with what’s happening around us nowadays we will notice how our journalism lacks substance, honesty and integrity. Almost every thing that surrounds us today is fabricated, manipulated and twisted to fit specific political sides. Government’s attempts to impose some sort of control are clear to the eyes; however, the government is not the only one to blame.
During our class it was my first time to hear about the Hala Sarhan scandal if I can call it that. It was quite shocking to me considering how respected as a TV presenter she is not only in the Egyptian community but in the Arab one as well. I am sure that her show was based on deep research, investigations and interrogations and maybe or probably those stories which were told by those actors were based on true stories that she came across herself; however, I don’t think that she have the right to lie to thousands or maybe even more of her viewers who look up to her and use her knowledge to build their own. I understand the difficulties that she must have faced trying to convince those prostitutes to come on her show and I am certain that facing rejection after weeks or maybe months of research is not very pleasing. It is true all that Hala Sarhan wanted to do is to deliver some sort of awareness to her viewers to make a difference yet I think it is unethical to fake a situation especially that there are other means of media that could have been more appropriate to do so such as a movie perhaps where hiring actors to fulfill a role and deliver a point of view is acceptable because the viewers are well aware that those people are acting however the whole thing is based on true stories.
When I think about this scandal I start to believe that some government control is not so bad after all. It could actually minimize the number of scandals that we are being exposed to every day but I am sure its going to introduce some in their place.
Hala Show
I don’t think that the Arab media and entertainment is the only one suffering from lies. In fact, most channels around the world do the same. The problem is not breaking the rules, because there are no rules that force you to be ethical or not ethical. The whole issue concerns us or the viewer of the issue. This is a decision for him/her to take, it’s an ethical decision. Some issues now days might seem ethical for us and seem not for the others. If we look for the exact meaning of ethical decision we will find that “Ethical decision involve weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines”. So we should avoid judging people, because maybe the lies will bring the truth to us. Maybe this lies will make the truth in a better shape, and maybe it’s the truth told by other people. So in this case maybe it’s plagiarizing more than being unethical.
An ethical journalist
One of the major purposes of a mass media is the message they will convey to their audience. Gaining people’s trust through negative persuasion will lead to a false understanding about the society and will illustrate a different image of the reality to people. I think people have the right to know the truth. Maybe in some rare cases I would agree with statement that if people knew about a reality, it might cause more problems like public panicking. In such situations, I will let people be ignorant about that. They just don’t need to know about that. But making lies for the purpose of making more money is very unethical. Besides, sooner or later people will know about the reality and the source of the lies (the specific media which has spread the news) will lose its credibility and people’s trust. After all, a journalist must deliver only the truth to his or her audience.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Lies & The Media
Nowadays, the world "lies" is greatly associated with the media. Nobody knows what to believe anymore. From fake news articles to cover ups for certain political agendas to fabricated film documentaries, we as members of the audience are bombarded with lies and falsehoods dressed up and presented as facts and truth everyday. This results in the importance of the representatives of the media industry to work harder and harder to gain credibility these days in order to gain the trust of their targeted audiences. That being said, the fact that a well-known television show, with a well-established TV presenter has been hit by a scandal that questions the content they have presented as facts certainly does not help the show's credibility and the presenter's image. At this point, it is not confirmed whether the allegations are true or not, but nevertheless, a scandal is never a good thing.
Assuming (and I stress on the word assuming) that the allegations are in fact true, a couple of things come to mind. When I first heard the story in class, I couldn't help but think something along the lines of "The STORIES the alleged 'prostitutes' presented could have actually been true and properly researched by interviewing real prostitutes, but maybe because the real prostitutes refused to appear on TV to share their stories (who would blame them?), actors were hired instead to give the story a more *real* feel to it, and attempt to give the audience a first-person point of view rather than just reciting stories of prostitution". Now, by looking at it from this perspective, one would understand why the TV show and its presenter would resort to such actions.
On the other hand, other people are more cynical and distrustful when it comes to media scandals (let's admit it, we all love to believe scandals as much as we love conspiracy theories), so probably not so many people would be giving the show the benefit of the doubt.
Taking advertisers and other competitive shows into consideration, it's a negative thing for the former, and a positive thing for the latter. Advertisers and sponsors wouldn't like their respective brands and companies to be associated with scandals, especially ones that are widely-broadcasted. As for competitors on the other hand, the image of one competitive outlet being tarnished is always a good thing.
Also, having some sort of organization and committee to handle these types of situations or prevent them from happening in the first place could be a good and bad thing at the same time. Good, as in the number of these scandals could decrease. Bad, as in, when industries have people with rules watching over them and giving them guidelines, there is less room for creativity on some level. One must weigh out the pros and cons to see what's best for both the media industry and the audiences as well.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Oprah Winfrey
Since Oprah Winfrey's show started, people have been grabbed by it; hence, it started a whole new era in the show business world. The main reason why the show is number one is because of Oprah's personality and her way of dealing with social issues and especially woman's problems. However, Oprah was never bias towards women. Oprah's encouragement that she always give to women around the world whether directly or indirectly and the way she speaks behalf of all women is the main reason why she's famous and loved.
What I would do if I was Oprah Winfrey, other than being exactly like her, I try to do shows in the Middle East to improve the image of Middle Eastern's in the eye of the western society. Moreover, I would aim for more issues that our world faces today in Middle East, Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe, some issues like blood diamonds or massacre.
Although Oprah's show reached the entire world but only a few are affected by it in my country. Although she encourages women to stand up 4 themselves, women in my country still accept being controlled by the society. We still have many cases of rape and harassments that are not dealt with properly by the society. Unfortunately, in our society it is more likely to accept a rapist than an "open minded" woman. In my opinion, Oprah is the an idol person and I would be honored to be such a messenger to a world of full abusement of women, and to open people's eyes to issues that we have never heard about before; it is amazing to have such effect and inspiration to the world today.
What I would do if I was Oprah Winfrey, other than being exactly like her, I try to do shows in the Middle East to improve the image of Middle Eastern's in the eye of the western society. Moreover, I would aim for more issues that our world faces today in Middle East, Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe, some issues like blood diamonds or massacre.
Although Oprah's show reached the entire world but only a few are affected by it in my country. Although she encourages women to stand up 4 themselves, women in my country still accept being controlled by the society. We still have many cases of rape and harassments that are not dealt with properly by the society. Unfortunately, in our society it is more likely to accept a rapist than an "open minded" woman. In my opinion, Oprah is the an idol person and I would be honored to be such a messenger to a world of full abusement of women, and to open people's eyes to issues that we have never heard about before; it is amazing to have such effect and inspiration to the world today.
HALA SHOW
Dr. Hala Sarhan is a well-known Arab TV presenter. She was part of different TV networks, starting from ART, Dream, and one of the most important figures in Rotana Cinema, which is part of Rotana network. She has a semi-talk show called Hala show, in which she introduce a number of panelists talking about various issues mainly social. She has a reputation of opening up sensitive and hot stories and topic for the general discussion. In one of her recent episodes she was reported to introduce prostitutes talking about their experiences in the Egyptian society. They reported having been protected by the Egyptian police.
Hala show "has been caught up in a scandal" on the same episode "over the use of actors to play dysfunctional guests who lied about their backgrounds claiming on air that they were professional Egyptian prostitutes. Al Mehwar Sat channel revealed on the 12th of Feb. (continued on the 13th and 14th Feb.), had told an emotional story of their prostitution. The girls" were reported to "have revealed that they had been given a script and their story was completely fabricated. The matter is currently under investigation from authorities and the tapes of the first 4 episodes were subpoenaed by the prosecutor and the two remaining episodes were canceled after a complaint was filed by the four girls against Hala Sarhan and the producers of the show. The basis of the filed complaint by the girls states that they where unaware of the resulting trauma and the potential risks involved in telling that they were prostitutes on television which resulted in the endangerment of their safety adding they have been intimidated by production staff with promises to protect their anonymity using necessary means silhouette screens, disguises, electronic voice alteration, pixel and fog screening, etc.) . Rotana's representatives have declined to comment."
what is important for us here is to talk about the professional dimension of the story. How ethical it is "fabricate story" or ask your guests as a TV presenter not to tell the truth even if you have a very good message?You have to take into consideration the competition between the various media outlets (entertainment) in this case for advertisers and therefore for audiences. Do you think that this case has just highlighted the need for the development of none governmental-professionally administered bodies and committees to supervise the performance of the flourishing Arab entertainment industry?Don’t you think that this would a more civilized and developed mean of management of the industry than having to deal with police and governments?You know there are more other dimensions to this story. Just make sure we don’t write about the story in a factual format. We always mention that the allegations were not confirmed yet. So we are talking about accusations and not about FACTS.
ENJOY
Hala show "has been caught up in a scandal" on the same episode "over the use of actors to play dysfunctional guests who lied about their backgrounds claiming on air that they were professional Egyptian prostitutes. Al Mehwar Sat channel revealed on the 12th of Feb. (continued on the 13th and 14th Feb.), had told an emotional story of their prostitution. The girls" were reported to "have revealed that they had been given a script and their story was completely fabricated. The matter is currently under investigation from authorities and the tapes of the first 4 episodes were subpoenaed by the prosecutor and the two remaining episodes were canceled after a complaint was filed by the four girls against Hala Sarhan and the producers of the show. The basis of the filed complaint by the girls states that they where unaware of the resulting trauma and the potential risks involved in telling that they were prostitutes on television which resulted in the endangerment of their safety adding they have been intimidated by production staff with promises to protect their anonymity using necessary means silhouette screens, disguises, electronic voice alteration, pixel and fog screening, etc.) . Rotana's representatives have declined to comment."
what is important for us here is to talk about the professional dimension of the story. How ethical it is "fabricate story" or ask your guests as a TV presenter not to tell the truth even if you have a very good message?You have to take into consideration the competition between the various media outlets (entertainment) in this case for advertisers and therefore for audiences. Do you think that this case has just highlighted the need for the development of none governmental-professionally administered bodies and committees to supervise the performance of the flourishing Arab entertainment industry?Don’t you think that this would a more civilized and developed mean of management of the industry than having to deal with police and governments?You know there are more other dimensions to this story. Just make sure we don’t write about the story in a factual format. We always mention that the allegations were not confirmed yet. So we are talking about accusations and not about FACTS.
ENJOY
Monday, February 19, 2007
Hi every one. Well talking about the Oprah show is an interesting topic. Recently such TV shows as Oprah’s has a strong impact on people from all over the world. In my opinion the show deserves an A-! It’s interesting and inspiring at the same time. The show succeeded to emotionally connect with the audience through all the examples of ordinary people who shared real-life experiences. I have always believed that one of the most interesting topics you can discuss is personality ones. People get engaged in conversations about themselves because they are searching for self discovery, that’s why they are interested in talk shows that show them other examples who share their problems .In addition, the show interviews celebrities in interesting conversations which is suitable for a family gathering for TV because as known ‘every body likes gossip’. In my opinion satisfying such a huge amount of tastes and being known all over the world means a successful show. Of course there are sometimes when the show gets boring which is normal and there are some other times when it gives unfair views of deferent political issues, such as the stereo type about Arabs.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
The “Oprah Winfrey Show” is basically a talk-show which was first released back in 1986. It is Chicago based and its scheme revolves around the presenter, Oprah having a guest (a famous one) invited and talked to in front of a large audience.
The topics that the show deals with are usually somewhat controversial and tend to bring out a lot of emotions in the viewers.
I think that what is particularly good about the show is the fact that its topics are varied, so that the same topic isn’t getting covered again and again (as it tends to happen on many other talk-shows that I have watched). The celebrities that Oprah tends to invite add an interesting and invigorating glimpse to the program as well (and are also a good way of increasing the program's audience).
I’ve been watching the show on and off for a few years now, but I must admit that it’s a good time-pass especially when one is bored and just wants to sit down and relax in front of the tv, munching on some snacks.
The topics that the show deals with are usually somewhat controversial and tend to bring out a lot of emotions in the viewers.
I think that what is particularly good about the show is the fact that its topics are varied, so that the same topic isn’t getting covered again and again (as it tends to happen on many other talk-shows that I have watched). The celebrities that Oprah tends to invite add an interesting and invigorating glimpse to the program as well (and are also a good way of increasing the program's audience).
I’ve been watching the show on and off for a few years now, but I must admit that it’s a good time-pass especially when one is bored and just wants to sit down and relax in front of the tv, munching on some snacks.
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