To the Toronto Star, the President of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez Musharraf is a "beleageured" world leader, to Amnesty International, the same man is an assailant towards all that is good in Pakistan.
Although framed in a different context both of the aforementioned stories are based on one of the central issues in international news at the moment. This being concerns and apprehensions over the state of emergency in Pakistan and the subsequent suspended rights of the people.
The Star focuses primarily on the speech given by the President that "broke silence" on his controversial implementation of a state of emergency in Pakistan earlier in the month. Taking quotes from both Musharraf and his main political opponent, Benazir Bhutto, the article looked at the Musharraf's promises concerning a lift on the controversial emergency rule as well as a commitment to an election before January 9th. Instead of criticizing the moves of the President, the sources used in the article supported the commitment and in some cases may have only hinted at the need for something more to be done.
Amnesty International frames the same issue in a competely different light. From the beginning, the President is portrayed as a tyrannical leader. Criticized for his implementation of emergency rule and alleged suppression of democracy, Amnesty International believes these to be ample reason to support Bhutto. Although the supporter of a 'better' cause, Amnesty's article uses few sources coupled with the views and the words of their very own Secretary General who was used to comment on the situation directly. Without a diverse selection of sources and the many different perspectives this kind of research may have entialed, the author of the article does not explore another side of this issue and ends up with an article that may leave readers less informed.
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