Are we blindly following the media?

In recent times our Muslim community has been quite vocal in criticising specific news broadcasters. This has been due to the dismal broadcasting of the situation in Gaza or due to Islamophobic articles appearing in right-wing newspapers. Based on these criticisms, one may assume that we, as a Muslim community, are very aware of the hypocrisy of many news outlets. Although this assumption may be true, there is an important question we need to ask ourselves: In terms of the news, is the focus of our attention directed almost entirely by these very news outlets that we have critcised? Let…