The label “partisan media,” which our politicians sometimes bandy about, is not a flattering one—and, though it pains me to say so, it does have some basis in reality.
In a country where political parties have their own media outlets, calling something “partisan media” may seem illogical and absurd at first glance, yet it is something that happens in our country.
As I noted in my column titled “My Free Media,” which I wrote the other day: It is an undeniable fact that our media institutions, left financially hamstrung, are sometimes forced to become partisan media.
There is another side to being partisan media and/or to some institutions being accused of it by politicians: The accusers have their own partisan media!
In other words, while politicians criticize others for creating partisan media, they forget about their own partisan media…
At the heart of it, politicians leave the media dependent on them, then accuse media institutions of being partisan. What a contradiction, isn’t it?
And yet the way forward is clear!
We need to think about how to help media institutions become self-sufficient.
But their minds are focused on “how can we make the media our own voice?”
And when the media isn’t on our side, we accuse it: “We call them partisan media.”
And Sezen Aksu immediately comes to mind, for no logical reason!
The more I think about the lyrics, the better I understand the logic of it, and I conclude that it would be better not to prolong the subject and let Sezen sum it up…
How beautifully Sezen puts it:
“Hands are sinful,
Tongues are sinful,
This is a whole era engulfed in flames…
The world is sinful,
None of us is innocent…”
We are not innocent!
We are not sincere.
I think this is our biggest problem, too…
Hoping to see you again when we are more sincere.
Take care of your surroundings, keep them clean, and please be courteous in traffic!