نماذج من اخطاء الاعلام المحلي

اخطاء في الاعلام المحلي

اقدم للاخوة الاعلاميين، نموذجا للاخطاء التي يقع فيها الاعلام المحلي في تناوله لقضايا محلية، تهم الراي العام. النموذج الذي بين ايدينا، عن قصة اصابة 11 مواطنا بتسمم في مطعم، والطعام المسبب للتسمم، ليس من المطعم، بل هو عبار ة عن كعكة جاتوه، تناولها العاملون في المطعم مع صاحب المطعم، ونقل جميع من اكل من الكعكة الى المشفى، بمعنى ان التسمم جاء من طعام وصل من خارج المطعم، وليس من المطعم ذاته، وهو الامر الذي لا يستدعي اغلاق المطعم، بل اغلاق محل الكعك الذي جائت منه الكعكة، وهو ما تجاهلته وسائل الاعلام التي تعاملت مع الخبر. والخبر الذي تناولته مواقع الكترونية، وكذلك صحف محلية يوحي بان التسمم سببه الطعام الذي يقدمه المطعم، وما انقذ المطعم من سوء التعامل المهني الاعلامي مع الخبر، هو الثقافة الاعلامية السائدة التي تجنبت اشهار اسم المطعم.

وهذا ثلاثة نماذج : وجميعها ركزت على المطعم، رغم ان مصادر الخبر اعطت معلومات بان الطعام قدم الى المطعم من خارج المطعم.

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 اصابات بتسمم “فسفور عضوي” داخل مطعم برام الله وغنام تقرر اغلاقه

 المصدر ( محفوظ): 20-2-2011. تعرض 11 مواطنا على الاقل لحالات تسمم غذائي لدى تناولهم الطعام في احدى المطاعم الموجودة في محافظة رام الله والبيرة هذه الليلة. وكشف وزير الصحة الدكتور فتحي ابو مغلي ، انه وصل الى المجمع الطبي برام الله نحو 11 مواطنا بينهم مواطنين وعمال وصاحب المطعم نتيجة تسمم فسفور عضوي”. ووفقا للوزير ابو مغلي فان سبب التمسمم حتى اللحظة يبين انهم تناولوا قطع حلوى تعرضت المواد التي تدخل في صناعتها للرش بمبيدات مضادة للحشرات والقوارض. ووصف الحالات بين الشديدة والمتوسطة ويجري عمل اللازم لهم واخذ تحاليل لمعرفة الاسباب التي ادت لذلك. كما انه سيفتح تحقيق موسع في الحادث. غنام تغلق المطعم وعلى أثر الحادث قررت د.ليلى غنام محافظ رام الله والبيرة بإغلاق المطعم وسط المدينة. كما وأصدرت تعليماتها بتشكيل لجنة تحقيق خاصة للنظر في أسباب تلك الحالات للدوائر والمؤسسات المسؤولية للبحث والتحري للكشف والتدقيق عن السلامة العامة في المطاعم. ومن جانبها حذرت محافظ رام الله والبيرة أصحاب المطاعم باتخاذ كافة التدابير اللازمة من اجل تفادي مثل هذه المشاكل في المستقبل. وقامت د. غنام يرافقها وزير الصحة د. فتحي ابو مغلي ومدير شرطة رام الله والبيرة بجولة تفقدية على المصابين من اجل الاطمئنان على حالتهم وللوقوف على أسباب حدوث مثل هذه الحالات في المحافظة. من جانبه، واوضح بيان ادارة العلاقات العامة والاعلام بالشرطة انه وصل الى مشفى رام الله 11 شخصا مصابين بحالة غيبوبه نتيجة تناولهم غذاء فاسد من احد المطاعم في رام الله الا ان تقديم الاسعافات الاولية للمصابين عملت على استيفاق 9 اشخاص بوضع صحي مستقر فيما لايزال شخصين في غيبوبة.

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محافظة رام الله تغلق مطعما بعد اصابة 11 من رواده بحالات تسمم

 المصدر ( محفوظ): أصيب احد عشر شخصا في محافظة رام الله والبيرة الليلة بحالات تسمم اثر ارتيادهم لأحد مطاعم المحافظة، وعلى أثره أقرت د.ليلى غنام محافظ رام الله والبيرة بإغلاق المطعم وسط المدينة. كما وأصدرت تعليماتها بتشكيل لجنة تحقيق خاصة للنظر في أسباب تلك الحالات للدوائر والمؤسسات المسؤولية للبحث والتحري للكشف والتدقيق عن السلامة العامة في المطاعم، وقد تم إحالة المصابون إلى مستشفى رام الله الحكومي لتلقي العلاج المناسب. ومن جانبها حذرت محافظ رام الله والبيرة أصحاب المطاعم باتخاذ كافة التدابير اللازمة من اجل تفادي مثل هذه المشاكل في المستقبل. حيث قامت د.غنام يرافقها وزير الصحة د.فتحي ابو مغلي ومدير شرطة رام الله والبيرة بجولة تفقدية على المصابين من اجل الاطمئنان على حالتهم وللوقوف على أسباب حدوث مثل هذه الحالات في المحافظة. التاريخ 20- 2-2011

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رام الله: إصابة 11 عاملاً وصاحب مطعم بتسمم نتيجة تناول كعكة فاسدة

رام الله : أكدت مصادر طبية في مستشفى رام الله الحكومي، مساء أمس، إصابة 11 مواطناً بالتسمم، نتيجة تناولهم الطعام من أحد مطاعم المدينة. وقال مدير عام الرعاية الصحية بوزارة الصحة د. أسعد الرملاوي، إن المصابين أصيبوا بتسمم كيماوي وليس بكتيرياً، وإن أعراض الإصابة التي ظهرت على المصابين كانت عصبية. والقصة وقعت، ليلة أمس، حيث لم يكن أحد عشر مدعواًَ، وصاحب المطعم وأقرباء له، على علم بأن الكعكة التي تجمعوا حولها احتفالاً، في قاعة خلفية من المطعم الذي يعملون به، ستقودهم إلى المشفى ليلاً، حيث أجري لهم العلاج اللازم، وما زال اثنان رهن العناية المركزة. وحسب ما جمعته “الأيام” من معلومات، فإن حفلة أقامها العاملون في المطعم المتخصص بتقديم السمك، لهم ولصاحب المطعم الذي جلب معه أقرباء له، إلا أن الكعكة التي احتفلوا بها كانت تحوي مادة مسممة قادتهم جميعاً إلى المشفى. ووصلت كافة الأجهزة المعنية، وكذلك محافِظة رام الله والبيرة، ووزير الصحة لتفقد أوضاع المصابين. وقال أحد العاملين في الأجهزة الأمنية إن حالة المصابين كانت في البداية في منتهى الخطورة، لكن تم تقديم العلاج الملائم في الوقت المناسب. بدوره، قال وزير الصحة فتحي أبو مغلي، الذي تابع القضية من ألفها إلى يائها،” إن الحالات بالفعل في البداية كانت خطيرة، وما بين شديدة ومتوسطة. وأضاف” لكن بقيت حالتان تحت العناية المركزة، ومن بين هاتين الحالتين حالة صاحبها مصاب بمشكلة في القلب إضافة إلى حالة التسمم التي أصيب بها”. ولم يحدد أبو مغلي السبب الرئيسي في التسمم، مشيراً إلى أن النيابة العامة بدأت تحقيقاً في القضية. وتسود تقديرات أمنية، بأن الكعكة التي تناولها العاملون في المطعم وصاحبه، كانت فاسدة على ما يبدو، حيث أوضح مسؤول امني لـ”الأيام”:” نحن نعلم تماما بان تخزين الكعك في الثلاجات، وفي حال لم تتم مراقبته بعناية يؤدي إلى فساد وعفن الكعك المخزن”. إلا أن التحقيقات التي بدأتها الأجهزة المختصة، تأخذ كافة الأبعاد في هذه الحادثة المؤسفة. تاريخ نشر المقال 21 شباط 2011

اشكاليات في الصحف المحلية

الصحف الفلسطينية تتعامل بنوع من الاستحياء من تناول اخبار تهم المجتمع،لكنها لا تعطيها حقها في التفاصيل التي ينتظرها المتلقي، وتزيد في بعض الاحيان في غموض التفاصيل بدك الكشف عنها.

ومثال ذلك تعامل الصحف اليوم الثلاثاء مع خبر قيام رئيس مجلس في قرية جلقموس بقتل امام مسجد نتيجة خلاف داخلي،، صحيفة القدس فقط نشرت الخبر حسب عنوانه الصحيح، في حين تجنبت الايام والحياة الجديدة اشهار هذا العنوان، لاعتبارات قد يكون اعتقاد من هذه الصحف بان عدم النشر سيسهم في حل الخلاف، حين ان صفحات الانترنت نشرت هذا الخبر، حتى انه كان حديث الناس العاديين في رام الله، فلم يكن هناك حاجة للحديث بشكل غامض عن هذه الحادثة التي تعتبر عادية في قضايا الخلافات الشخصية، ليس عندنا فقط وانما في العديد من دول العالم.

مثل خبر ان شاب قتل والدته في احدى دول العالم، نشر قبل يومين، وانه قتلها لانها في غاية الجمال.\

نشر الخبر بتفاصيله اكثر اهمية للرأي العام من اخفائه، وتجاهل التفاصيل او حرفها هو استخفاف بعقل المتلقي، خاصة في ظل الثورة الهائلة لعالم الانترنت التي بات من السذاجة الاعتقاد بانه يمن طمس خبر ما.

Arab Spring paved way for Palestinian deal: analysts

by Hossam Ezzedine

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, April 28, 2011 (AFP) - Arab uprisings that overthrew Egypt's government and inspired Palestinians to call for unity helped push Hamas and Fatah towards reconciliation, analysts said on Thursday.

The regional upheaval led to the removal of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's regime, which Hamas regarded as biased, and prompted young Palestinians to take to the streets to urge both factions to overcome their differences.

Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, said the deal was made possible by "a favourable climate in the Arab world, particularly in Egypt."

He said the new leadership installed after the overthrow of Mubarak "kept an equal distance from both the parties."

The Egyptian revolt also removed intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, whom Hamas accused of favouring Fatah, while also depriving Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of a key supporter in Mubarak.

Azzam al-Ahmed, who headed Fatah's delegation in Cairo, said the "Arab spring placed pressure" on both factions to heal their rift, which had left the Palestinians with rival governments in Gaza and the West Bank.

"The people began to feel and demand their freedom," he said. "There was real pressure by all the factions and the Palestinian youth."

On March 15, tens of thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of the West Bank and Gaza to demand the two sides work towards a unity government, and many welcomed Wednesday's announcement of a deal.

Commentator Hani al-Masri said the political changes in Egypt and the broader Middle East created the conditions ripe for reconciliation.

"The change in Egypt and the Arab world as a whole is a major cause for the signature of the reconciliation deal in the sense that there are fewer parties able to block the deal because they are concerned with their own internal situation," he said.

Officials said the continuing stalemate in talks with Israel also helped push the two parties back into talks that culminated in a deal.

Mahmud Zahar, a senior Hamas official and part of its delegation to Cairo, said the deal was the result of "a change in the (regional) political environment and the failure in negotiations."

The move drew cautious praise from the European Union and a United Nations envoy, but analysts warned it was only the first step in a long process of reconciliation fraught with potential pitfalls.

"The signing is a very important first step but implementation is the most important thing and the most dangerous, particularly when it comes to the agenda of the government, which is supposed to be composed of professionals," said Masri.

Georges Giacaman, a political analyst and professor at Bir Zeit University, echoed Masri's caution.

"We must not forget that, so far, the deal is just on paper and all the issues and the elections are on hold for a year," he told AFP.

Among the issues likely to be put on the back burner is the divided Palestinian security establishment, with both sides currently running their own forces in their respective areas of control.

The deal calls for the establishment of a joint high security council to begin work straight away on restructuring and professionalising the security forces, but no changes will be made before elections, officials told AFP.

Palestinians unlikely to drop UN bid: analysts

by Hossam Ezzedine

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Aug 4, 2011 (AFP) - The Palestinians are unlikely to agree to drop their UN membership bid in exchange for new peace talks based on the pre-1967 lines, Palestinian officials and analysts say.

On Tuesday, an Israeli official confirmed that Israel has been working with Washington to hammer out a framework for new peace talks that both countries hope could convince the Palestinians to drop their bid for United Nations membership.

But Palestinian officials and analysts said the Palestinian leadership had already invested heavily in the bid, and would face public disgrace if it agreed to drop the much-touted plan.

They described the new framework for talks as little more than a public relations exercise for Israel, allowing it to show willingness to resume talks while attempting to torpedo the UN membership campaign.

Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's executive committee, described the framework for talks as an "Israeli bid to thwart the Palestinian move to go the United Nations."

"This is only intended to draw attention from the Palestinian UN bid," he told AFP.

Majdalani said the Palestinian leadership had not been officially presented with any proposal for new talks and had not been involved in any discussions about the prospect.

And he questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's desire for new talks, saying he forced the cancellation of a planned meeting between Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres, in which the leaders were to discuss the prospects for resuming peace talks.

Talks between Israel and the Palestinians have been on hold since September 2010, when they ground to a halt shortly after they began over the issue of settlement construction.

Israel declined to renew a partial settlement freeze that expired shortly after the talks began, and the Palestinians say they will not negotiate while Israel builds on land they want for their future state.

Instead, the Palestinian leadership has drawn up a plan to approach the UN in September seeking membership for a state on the lines that existed before the Six Day war, including the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.

The plan is firmly opposed by Israel and the United States, which has threatened to veto the membership attempt at the Security Council.

It has also unsettled the European Union, which has yet to take a common stance on the plan and is reportedly working with Israel and Washington to help find a way to restart peace talks and head off the membership bid.

The Palestinians say their initiative does not contradict the possibility of new talks, but insist that they will not return to negotiations without any Israeli settlement freeze and a clear framework for new discussions.

And they say that the talks being proposed now do not offer much hope for any new breakthroughs and are mostly intended to sink their membership gambit.

"We all know that Abbas supports negotiations and the continuation of negotiations, but these negotiations have been going on for 20 years and have produced nothing but failures," said Abdul Rahum Maluh, another PLO official.

"Basically, our position is that going to the UN is a political move that is distinct (from negotiations)."

Hani al-Masri, a Palestinian political analysts, warned that any decision to drop the UN bid "would deal a serious blow to Palestinian public opinion."

Majdalani also said it was a mistake to view the UN bid as an attempt "to pressure Israel to improve our negotiation position, as some seem to think."

"Israel is afraid of the Palestinians going to the United Nations because it is afraid that the UN will give the Palestinians what it doesn't want to give them in negotiations," added Masri.

Palestinian money crisis looms ahead of UN bid

by Hossam Ezzedine

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Aug 5, 2011 (AFP) - Hit by delays in payments from donor countries and by Israeli restrictions, the Palestinian Authority is suffering a financial crisis, even as it aspires to become a state.

On Tuesday it paid its approximately 170,000 employees in full only after they threatened to go on strike after receiving half-pay the month before.

But it warned that doing so would seriously hamper the government's ability to function as it struggles with the funding shortfall.

"In light of the continued financial difficulties, the payment in full of salaries will significantly reduce the capacity of the government to meet other needs over the next month, and everyone understands that," prime minister Salam Fayyad said on Sunday.

For months, Fayyad has warned of financial woes due to a chronic shortfall in financial support pledged by donors, especially Arab countries.

On July 26, he even attended a special session of the Arab League, requested by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, in a bid to push member states to honour their aid commitments.

He said the Palestinian Authority had received only $79 million (55.6 million euros) so far in 2011 out of $330 million pledged by Arab nations for a six-month period.

Saudi Arabia subsequently transferred a supplementary donation of $30 million, but the hole in the Palestinian budget remains large.

The European Union said Tuesday it had paid 22.5 million euros to enable the Authority to "pay July salaries and pensions of nearly 83,000 employees and retirees."

To cushion the impact of the crisis, the economy ministry this month capped prices for basic food items in the run-up to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began Monday.

The maximum price of a kilo of bread is now set at 3.50 shekels ($0.70, 0.49 euros), that of a 10 kilo bag of rice is 57 shekels and that of 10 kilos of sugar is 44 shekels.

Beyond the current crisis, national economy minister Hassan Abu Libdeh says the Palestinian economy faces structural impediments that are the result of Israel's occupation.

"There are many United Nations member states, unable to pay their employees, who borrow," he said. "The financial crisis facing the Palestinian Authority is now mainly due to the fact that it cannot take full advantage of its economy."

"If Israel were to lift only 10 percent of its restrictions on the Palestinian economy, it would represent an income higher than our monthly needs," he said.

"If Israel lifted its restrictions on agriculture, the contribution of agriculture to national income would be multiplied by eight."

The current financial crisis comes as the Palestinians prepare to head to the United Nations to seek membership for a state on the lines that existed before the 1967 Six Day War.

But Libdeh said he was convinced that a state unencumbered by Israeli occupation would be economically viable and stable.

"We're not worried about the ability of the Palestinian state to attain a minimum level of economic prosperity," he said, noting that international institutions have given Fayyad's management high marks.

Robert Serry, the UN's special coordinator for the Middle East peace process told the world body last week that the Palestinians are "ready to assume the responsibility of a state in the near future."

His conclusions echo those issued in recent months by both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with both institutions lauding the nascent state's progress towards a viable economy.

But the World Bank warned that the Palestinian economy was still lacking a "vibrant private sector," something it said could not be altered "while Israeli restrictions on access to natural resources and markets remain in place."

New intifada unlikely despite soaring Jerusalem tensions

hossam ezzedine

RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 17, 2010 (AFP) - Tensions over Jerusalem sparked the worst riots in years but are unlikely to ignite a new intifada, or uprising, as the Palestinian Authority appears determined to preserve calm.
The Islamist Hamas movement has repeatedly declared a new intifada from its Gaza enclave and its base in exile in Damascus, but analysts and Palestinian officials in the West Bank expect their calls to go unheeded.
"An intifada is not going to happen just because some leaders called for it from (hundreds of) kilometres (miles) away," a senior Palestinian official in the West Bank political capital of Ramallah said on condition of anonymity.
"They think an intifada is a plate of hummus they can order whenever they want it, with spices on top."
The calls for a new uprising came amid the most widespread riots in years in annexed Arab east Jerusalem following Israeli announcements of new settlement plans, as well as the reopening of a 17th century synagogue in the Old City several hundred meters (yards) from the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
As thousands took to the streets in demonstrations in Gaza, Hamas's exiled deputy politburo chief Mussa Abu Marzuk called for a new "intifada" along the lines of massive popular uprisings in 1987 and 2000.
But the occupied West Bank remained largely quiet, with few turning out even for the peaceful demonstrations called for by various political factions.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said he remained committed to a peaceful resolution of the decades-old conflict, telling reporters: "We are determined to reach peace through negotiations. There is no other way."
The muted response was largely due to efforts by his Western-backed Palestinian Authority to prevent things from getting out of hand.
Hamas has had little visible presence in the West Bank since the Authority cracked down on its activities in the wake of the Islamist group's bloody takeover of Gaza in June 2007.
"Hamas and Israel want to return the region to a state of violence and chaos," said Adnan al-Damiri, a spokesman for West Bank security forces loyal to Abbas, who ban all non-licensed demonstrations.
"Right-wing Israeli governments since 1996 have tried to provoke the Palestinians and drive them to violence, because this is the court where Israel prefers to play," he said in a statement distributed to police.
The lack of interest in a new intifada is also linked to the bitter factional infighting between Abbas's secular Fatah movement and its rivals in Hamas, which has bred widespread apathy among Palestinians.
"Any intifada requires popular leadership," a Hamas official in the West Bank said on condition of anonymity. "At the moment there is no unified Palestinian leadership to lead any intifada, even in Jerusalem."
The Palestinians have repeatedly expressed outrage at Israel's expansion of settlements and perceived threats to holy sites in east Jerusalem which Israel annexed in 1967 in a move not recognised by the international community.
But there has not been a single suicide bombing in Israel in more than two years and, according to Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki, only a minority of Palestinians support a return to violence.
"Two-thirds of the Palestinian public believe the Israelis respond more to violence than to other kinds of gestures, but we do not yet have a majority today of Palestinians supporting violence," said Shikaki of the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research.
Another factor that may limit Palestinians' interest in a new uprising is the United States, which has been pressuring Israel for months to halt settlements and revive peace talks suspended during the 2008-2009 Gaza war.
A few days before the riots erupted, Washington slammed Israel for announcing the new settlement plans during a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden last week to press peace efforts.
"The US-Israeli confrontation is good news for the Palestinians," Shikaki said.

"In the absence of violence, the only way Palestinians believe Israelis will respond positively is by pressure from the US. In other words, pressure from the US is the substitute for Palestinian violence."