{"id":5434,"date":"2018-04-04T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2018-04-04T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T13:50:00","slug":"middle-east-media-is-reactive-says-mohammed-al-mulla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/middle-east-media-is-reactive-says-mohammed-al-mulla\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Media Is \u201cReactive\u201d, Says Mohammed Al Mulla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East media is a highly reactive media<strong>, <\/strong>according to Kuwaiti TV host Mohammed Al Mulla. He was speaking at a session titled \u2018Arab Media Campaign and News Dissemination\u2019 at the 17th edition of the Arab Media Forum (AMF) in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Held under the patronage of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, AMF 2018 is being held at Madinat Jumeirah from 3-4 April.<\/p>\n<p>Al Mulla said the USA and other western countries enjoy media freedom and democracy, though they have their own agenda. In comparison, the Middle East lacks a real media industry. \u201cWe have a reactive media here that reacts to the news instead of reporting fresh news,\u201d Al Mulla said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he said regional media have played a key role in regional crises, adding that some news outlets have disseminated fake news.<\/p>\n<p>The 17<sup>th<\/sup> edition of the AMF has brought together more than 3,000 prominent regional and international media figures and thought leaders. Apart from high-profile local speakers, the two-day event features 50 speakers representing 20 countries from across the Arab region and the world. Under the theme \u2018Impactful Media Trends\u2019, prominent media personalities, writers, influencers and academics are sharing their views on diverse issues at the Forum with the aim of forging a new vision for the media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5435 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NAS5178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1282\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NAS5178.jpg 1282w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NAS5178-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NAS5178-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NAS5178-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1282px) 100vw, 1282px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East media is a highly reactive media, according to Kuwaiti TV host Mohammed Al Mulla. He was speaking at a session titled \u2018Arab Media Campaign and News Dissemination\u2019 at the 17th edition of the Arab Media Forum (AMF) in Dubai. Held under the patronage of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5436,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434\/revisions\/5436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}