What is wrong with the News, Destroying DAWN and Post-Truth - Abbas Nasir - Former Editor - #TPE 255

Former Editor of DAWN, Abbas Nasir, comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on everything wrong with the Pakistani News Industry and how they tried destroying DAWN.   On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Dawn's Editorial Policy, Abbas Nasir's Life Journey, Post-Truth Politics, The Loss of Objectivity, The Commercialization of Media, Clickbait Journalism, Partisan Journalists, Imran Riaz Khan, PTI, the politics of Imran Khan, Covering PPP in the 80s, and the Economic Disparity in Pakistan.  Abbas Nasir is Pakistani journalist and former editor of Pakistan's English language daily DAWN. Previously he was the head of the BBC Urdu Service, where he has been appointed as Executive Editor for the Asia and the Pacific Region at BBC World Service.  The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.  Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience  And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.   Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89  Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:00 DAWN, Reporting and Working in Pakistan 11:00 Censorship, Zia-ul-Haq and Interference by the Establishment 17:00 What is wrong with the News Media? 28:00 The Role of Journalism and Journalists 38:00 Social Media Toxicity 46:00 Covering Benazir's Return and PPP's victory in the 80s 51:00 Journalists and Journalism being attacked 58:30 Trying to destroy DAWN to create Chaos 1:06:00 Post-Truth Politics, Elections and Politics 1:19:00 Economic Disparity in Pakistan and Elite Capture 1:34:00 Zia-ul-Haq and Hamid Gul's Legacy 1:36:30 Audience Questions 2:15:00 Conclusion