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This 4 page paper examines an article from a newspaper regarding Kabul and how journalists are treated. No additional sources cited.
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police manhandling," 2007). The journalists were present as they were reporting on a suicide attack ("Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling," 2007). One line in the article is as follows:
" These reporters say the police stopped them from approaching the scene of the incident and resorted to violence against them" ("Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling," 2007). The article
goes on to point out that unions for journalists, along with media experts, have noted that there are serious reactions of police against journalists ("Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling,"
2007). One reporter, in the context of the article, noted that a police officer took his voice recorder and proceeded to beat him ("Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling," 2007).
Abdol Hamid Mobarez, who is the head of National Union of Afghan Journalists, remarked: "We are seriously concerned and fear that such moves and measures would be the beginning of
pressures on our media and journalists" (qtd. in "Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling," 2007). Government officials deny knowledge of any threats against journalists and further claim that everyone is
actually being cooperative ("Afghan journalists complain of police manhandling," 2007). The article concludes that there has been a long history of allegations about problems between police and journalists ("Afghan journalists
complain of police manhandling," 2007). In reading this article, a student may react a number of ways. One reaction might be that there is a discrepancy between what reporters say
and what the government contends. Are the reporters really being harmed? It is more likely than not that the journalists are telling the truth. The government has reason to lie,
while the journalists would likely not make up such a story. The fact that the article objectively reports, and relays information from Tolo TV, suggests that the journalists are being
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