 A satirical narrative carried recently by the media in the West, where Fox News Channel is shown buying Al-Jazeera, was unfortunately understood to be factually correct by a section of Pakistan's media. "Al-Jazeera Channel categorically denies the assertions entailed in the satirical commentary, it 
expects media to discriminate between imaginative satire and hard fact, and actually seek clarification by checking the story from the source rather than merely repeating it," said Ahamn Muaffaq Zaidan, bureau chief Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Islamabad, in a press release issued on Thursday. Al-Jazeera appreciates the wide public interest expressed in its future, and wishes to assure viewers in Pakistan and the world over that the channel remains committed to its core editorial values, added the press release. |