Kibria visits Saifur
AGS, Dhaka
'Politics took backseat as Kibria visits ailing Saifur' was the heading for the news on the subject. A former finance minister may visit the present finance minister who is ill. What politics has to do with this visit? Why the news regarding the visit should be captioned that way? Our journalists should be more cautious in using words and phrases while reporting on our politicians. They should not put extra importance to every word and to every move of our political people.Look at the Dhaka City. Almost all the roads and footpaths are broken. This city has turned into one of the dirtiest cities in the world. Same is the condition of the Chittagong City. Who cares! And only a few days back a photograph in friendly gesture towards each other of the mayors of these two cities was published in different national dailies with an 'appropriate' caption. As if the dailies wanted to make the people of this country believe that the friendly gesture between two of them, belonging to two rival political parties, is the eighth wonder of the world. Whenever Begum Khaleda Zia or Sheikh Hasina says something, no matter how insignificant are those words in essence, our media report, as if those are celestial words. It is time to make our politicians understand that they are not the master of the people, but they are there to serve them. The citizens of this country are not mere voters; they are, above all, human beings. Our journalists are to play a very important role in this campaign to make our politicians know their true position. They are (the journalists) to restrain their pens and cameras so that the politicians of this country come down on earth.
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