HAPPY SUNDAY TO EVERYONE .A KNOCK FOR THE NIGERIA MEDIA. TODAY,I WANT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE 4TH ESTATE OF THE REALM OF WHICH IAM A GUILTY MEMBER.....THE PRESS. I RECALL VIVIDLY THAT I DISCUSSED THE ISSUE I WANT OF RAISE HERE WITH LATE LADI LAWAL WHILE HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIAN UNION OF JOURNALISTS(NUJ) IT IS ALL ABOUT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY OF THE PRESS.SOMETIMES IN GHANA IN 1999 I WAS IN ACCRA GHANA.I PICKED A COPY OF THE GRAPHICS,THAT IS GHANAS NATIONAL NEWSPAPER.ON THE FRONT PAGE,THERE WAS A BANNER HEADLINE,3NIGERIANS AND 11 OTHERS WERE CUT WITH STOLEN CREDIT CARDS.WHEN I READ THROUGH THE ¨PAPER I DISCOVERED THAT IN THE MAIN BODY THERE WERE 9 GHANAIANS IN THE "TEAM" THAT WAS ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME?THEN I ASKED MYSELF THIS QUESTION:WAS MY LECTURER WRONG WHILE TEACHING JOURNALISM?OR HOW CAN 3 NIGERIANS COME BEFORE 9 GHANIANS.?WHAT DO WE CALL THIS TYPE OF JOURNALISM?NATURALLY THE HEADLINE SHOULD HAVE READ 9 GHANIANS AND OTHERS . THESAME GOES TO MOST OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA.MY REACTION WAS THEY ARE NOT SINCERE ABOUT THEIR METHOD OF REPORTING AND ALSO AGAINST THE RULES OF JOURNALISM.BUT SAME GOES TO WESTERN WORLD AND AMERICA.THEY WILL HYPE OTHER NATIONS STORIES AND MELLOW ON THE ONES THAT CONCERN THEIR NATIONS. OK IS A STORY I CALLED FROM MSNBC.THE CRIME PERPETRATOR IS A FINANCIAL EXPERTS IN AMERICA HOUSTON TEXAS.HE SWIDLED PEOPLE OF ABOUT 7BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER A PERIOS OF 2OYEARS.ALL NIGERIAN FRAUDSTERS PUT TOGETHER IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS CAN NEVER BEAT THIS MANS RECORD.!!! BUT I BET IF IT WERE IN NIGERIAN THE COUNTRY WOULD HAVE BEEN ON FIRE AND BURNING !!!!!! CHECK THE CULLED STORY BELOW AND WE SHALL CONTINUE THE ANALYSIS NEXT WEEK. GBENGS nbcnews/id/46642425/ns/business-us_business/#.UhDWG4E2Vd1
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:38:50 +0000
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