Okay, here it is … Al Arabiya the Arab News Channel that’s credibility is quite solid when it comes to covering bad news, torture, genocide, and plain simple death and bad news. Unfortunately when it came technology all that credibility went down the drain.

Let’s teach Al Arabiya the 101 of journalism, wait hmmm i know nothing about journalism nor have i studied it so i shouldn’t claim that i can teach it right. :P, So let me teach them the 101 of Tech and Gadgets.

Lesson 1: Don’t speculate a name of a product before the maker announces its public name, meaning don’t claim that the device that Apple will release next is called the iPhone 5. Apple has not officially said anything stating that as a fact. I believe editors in chief should be fact checking before mass broadcasting such false information to the public, especially now when 99% of the arab population is stuck to the news.

Lesson 2: When broadcasting such information, I believe cross checking it with world references like Engadget, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac would actually help you make your claim credible. Relying on a junior, amateur, or very highly incompetent person sitting all day reading email forwards or WhatsApp / BBM broadcasts will not make news or a scoop.

Lesson 3: Broadcasting to the world a viral video made for fun and imagination and claiming to the entire Arab population that what they are seeing is true is harmful to the reputation of the channel itself. On what planet do you believe a technology maker of devices would put an explosive device built-in for security incase you type in the Passcode incorrect several times?

Note: I would like to ask the CEO of Al Arabiya, would he carry a device in the front pocket of his pants knowing it has a built-in explosive? I would like to ask the Chairman of Al Arabiya another question, when he watch this clip did he slightly believe that when he buys this new device he will be allowed to fly first class to any destination on the planet?

Lesson 4: Never wish for something bad to be like another bad. Never let your anchor say for example ” I wish all explosions can be like that explosion ” ( captioned from the ending part of the video)

Lesson 5: Last but, not least. Always go back out there and fix the broadcast with credible tech news about the device you intended to report about and say that the previous report was wrong. This will make your channel more compassionate and people will look up to Channel for more than just bad news, but news of tech and future devices. ( This will never happen in this region, because we are light years behind in that sense of journalism ), I think, I could be wrong and micro-blog post can be magically be updated to positive.

Last note: If this Al Arabiya report was ever broadcasted in the US … I don’t think i would have had enough milliseconds to even write this post. I would just live blog and start with, ” All Rise ” 😉