An Op-ed should also discuss social issues that citizenry faces daily, and do so without any claim to sainthood, realising one's own complicity in creating and sustaining some of these social ills. The contemporary media scene, especially the TV journalism, and the mayhem on our roads are some pressing issues affecting social discourse and the safety of life and limb, respectively.

TV journalism first. It is sad to see the degradation of Pakistan's media landscape, born with so much promise and fanfare under President Gen Parvez Musharraf. The rating wars and the paucity of intellectual capital force the mushrooming news channels into less than graceful business practices. This piece recounts some experiences with corrective expectations.

First, the anchorperson (who has recently acquire

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