To those who read the Bahraini newspapers from afar, the reports in most cases seem confusing, at best boring. No matter what the subject matter is about, it is very difficult to understand why everything that is happening in Bahrain, be it in the parliament, at the university, at the trade unions or at the mosques, has a political overtone and a sectarian aspect. Reporters and columnists often offer a limited perspective of the events from a narrow political or confined sectarian prism that makes it almost impossible for anyone out of Bahrain to understand what is truly happening.
For Bahrainis, by contrast, the news coverage and the columns make sense. As their country is inexorably getting steeped in the sectarianism plaguing the region, many journalists, for various reasons, have detached themselves from the neutrality and other professional standards expected from them and have waded into writing reports or columns that look at every single national, regional and international issue from a point of view that unashamedly reflects political inclinations and religious affiliations.
