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.
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> Crystal
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