IDEOLOGY

OF NEWS

GEO NEWS:
CHANNEL
1. The news of December 16 attack, sensationalism is created by showing an animated terrorist
who enters a classroom and indiscriminately opens fire. Real noises of bullets are played as well.
Disturbing images are used either in real or in animated form to add pathos or sensation in the
news items. Terrorists’ voices are magnified by giving them space in the news bulletin headlines.
Ethical considerations like what content should be aired and what must not be shown are less
likely to be observed in GEO News. Fear of terrorists is created by showing them holding guns.
One possible reason to explain sensationalism could be that it is practiced to increase the ratings
of GEO News in general. Thus, excessive commercialism has put the news channels in a never
ending race of hysteria and hype, which is affecting peoples’ perception of the reality.

CONTENT:
1.1. Showing the real 1.2. Showing the animated
images of terrorists. images of terrorists.

2. GEO TV viewers are likely to have more positive perception about PML-N as compared to
PTI regarding the electoral rigging issue in Pakistan, Even geo itself is anti-Imran khan and had
always propagated against Imran khan. It has also explicitly used such lexical items, which
revealed its partiality toward certain issues and personalities. Overall, the news items covered by
GEO News holds an anti-Imran Khan

2.1. Showing negative

headlines against imran
khan