A Critique on Hajrah Mumtaz's article titled ‘Here comes everybody’

The article written by Hajrah Mumtaz titled ‘Here comes everybody’ tackles a very pertinent issue vis-à-vis the current age of information: the dissemination of the thoughts and impressions of the common man for the viewership of the entire world. This notion encapsulates the crux of the article where Hajrah herself attempts to provide an unbiased analysis of both sides of the argumentation with relevant examples to support each viewpoint. The significance of this article is indicative in the fact that it is pertinent to every single individual who uses the internet in this day and age to keep themselves updated on the news around the world and who would inevitably be the viewers of this article as well. This article is an argumentative piece in which the author tries to rationally present both sides of the argument as to whether the mass upsurge in what she has termed as ‘citizen’s journalism’: the average citizen publishing news and views on the internet, in the recent times, is beneficial or detrimental to our society. She presents the two opposing points of view; in which the proponents claim that this form of journalism is by the people for the people as they include both the users as well as the contributors of information due to which there is no apparent gap in perspective in emanation and subsequent interpretation. The writer also claims that the veracity of this genre of journalism is not affected by the factors such as profitability, marketing image etc and this allows these accounts to be presented as unvarnished as possible. On the flipside, the detractors of this argument claim this form of journalism has ushered in an era of informational overload which has significantly affected the quality of information that is present on the internet. The authenticity of the information provided by anonymous resources is also a serious cause of concern as the divide between truthful and theatrical cannot be ascertained in these accounts. The first example