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Media Warlords

I think most of the overseas Pakistanis today miss a reliable source if news that connects them to Pakistan. Sure we have multiple media outlets that are trying to make us believe that they do the most reliable reporting but this is not true. In fact it is the farthest thing from the truth. Whenever I watch a TV channel from back home or try to read a newspaper I am disappointed by the level of dismay, disappointment and self blame all the opinion makers suffer from. All I can read is the things wrong with the society. All of them want to profess they possess the ability to identify all the ills of our society. They are so enamored by the onslaught of the media war that they just can not see any positivity in the daze of their own negativity.
One almost feels like distancing one from all the bickering, blabbering of these actors. These actors who for small amounts of money are committing a monumental crime by disillusioning this nation. I guess that fault is our own that we are playing along. But then if we learn anything from Mussadiq overthrow it is that the general masses do not have the sense of the blatant lies they are being told in this media acting.
I think eventually they will succeed in doping us in a sleep of slumber hoping that we will never wake up. I think eventually we will become the robots that live their lives always in the fear of credit scores and credit cards. Eventually we will be able to see a TV show about absolute wonderful pet care techniques and tolerate it, rather relish the ability to enjoy such a act. This is not in very distant future. I can see it. Can you?
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