I speak with some level of Authority having worked at both KTN and Nation Media Group. Honestly I can't tell what the Media have done with the freedom they have and now claim to have lost. The content is despicable from the music videos, to the poorly researched news items to the hideous accents from lord knows where. I don't see what the media is making noise about, unless they are defending their freedom to remain unprofessional and retrogressive. I watched in dismay as KTN covered a soccer tournament sponsored by their Managing Editor in Western Kenya, personal family stories (Citizen) and end of year company parties (Nation Media) as though they were national issues. Without a doubt, content the content sucks and the reporters (by far the majority) do not have professional journalism training. Should we entrust such a powerful medium to the current crop of journalists and media houses do they deserve it? Kiania D On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:10 PM, <crystal@voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
It isn't laws that bring change on the ground. It requires freedom. That is development: when the people have the freedom and opportunity to live as they chose. Both the media and the government have failed. But we have a chance to take control of our futures through our collective voice. That should include everyone not only the government, the media, and the elites. Over 70 percent of Kenyans are employed in agriculture and there is little access to the government, the media, or the outside world. We should spend a little more time thinking about the majority instead of focusing on the minority.
Crystal Sent from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: Pius W Walela <PWalela@strathmore.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:22:07 To: Skunkworks Forum<skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Kenyan media has failed, the government must control it now
_______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general
-- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon