暴力似乎是媒体看待巴基斯坦普通民众的唯一镜头

“暴力似乎是媒体看待巴基斯坦普通民众的唯一镜头。即使是关于一个巴基斯坦摇滚乐队的故事，它也会被设定在一个暴力的社会背景之下。这个观点并没有什么错误。巴基斯坦是有暴力问题。暴力是被用来让那些记者，法官和温和的宗教学者们集体消声的。而且情况也似乎变得越来越糟。

每次我看到有人在电视上愤怒地在说反对极端主义或贪污腐败——我就会为他们祈祷。然后每次这些人中就有被谋杀的，我们中那些人渴望成为那样的人会变得更加害怕。

所以并不是在说那些有关暴力的报道是假的。但它们只是真相的一小部分。这里有很多其他的鲜活生命。但国际报纸上只有这么大的空间。世界上却有那么多的新闻。所以，只有最震撼的故事才有资格被登上去。”

(Brandon Stanton 最近在巴基斯坦，本则照片摄于巴基斯坦的卡拉奇。)

“It seems that violence is the only lens through which ordinary people in Pakistan are viewed in the media. Even if it’s a story about a Pakistani rock band, it will be set in the context of a violent society. There’s nothing false about the perspective. Pakistan has a problem with violence. Violence is used to silence journalists, and judges, and moderate religious scholars. And it seems to be getting worse.

Every time I see somebody on television speaking out in anger against extremism or corruption—I’ll say a prayer for them. And every time one of those people is murdered, those of us who aspire to be like them grow a little more afraid.

So it’s not that the reports of violence are false. But they are only a small part of the truth. There’s so much other life being lived here. But there’s only so much space in international newspapers. And there’s so much news in the world. So only the most jarring stories make the cut.”

(Karachi, Pakistan)