Media war & geopolitics

On the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly meeting, Turkish President Recep Erdogan, Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir and the ever-enthusiastic Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to start a joint-television channel, ostensibly to fight international 'Islamophobia'. The apparent purpose was to educate, clarify and end prejudices against Islam. The Saudis could never tolerate yet another Al Jazeera in its midst, that too purportedly positioning itself as the real voice of Islam, thereby threatening its hegemony over the narrative.