By Mohsen Goudarzi.
Days ago, many people from different countries died in a terrible event in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj gathering. Based on information released by the Saudi ministry of health which information was deleted very soon from the website of this ministry, near 4,100 people died Mecca’s worst disaster.
Also weeks ago a falling crane caused 107 victims during Hajj. These two accidents in this year show the mismanagement of Saudi Arabia in handling this annual popular religious gathering among Muslims. The professional work of the Saudi Arabia media in covering the news of these events helps us understand them much better.
The Saudi Arabian media do not talk clearly about the reasons of these events. Accusation to victims and other countries should be understood as the main approach of the media in this country. They have avoided from presenting the essential news of these events. They don’t talk about the exact number of killed people.
Moreover, hypocrisy is the other technique of Saudi Arabia media to contain news coverage. They use doubtful interpretations instead of covering the main facts and doing a neutral job of publishing and broadcasting news. They have tried to show these events as a normal accident. On the other hand, they use Arab media experts to present unclear analysis and interpretations about the estimated 5,000 victims.
The media of Saudi Arabia work for royal family and just try to empower the political structure of Saudi Arabia. Therefore, any criticism about internal incompetence of political system is banned. They have stopped normal flowing of information with unprofessionalism. Saudi Arabian media should be categorized as royal quasi-media, something not to be found other parts of the world.
