Thursday, 24 November 2016

WOW! WOOS AND TV NEWS WOES

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To communicate, one needs to first understand what they want to say, in order to effectively convey the same to their interlocutor. But some...
Thursday, 17 November 2016

HOWLER OF A TV NEWS CRAWLER AND A MALICIOUS JUBILEE LINK

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For over 60 minutes, the prime time news dragged on. And as is characteristic of Kenyan TV broadcasting stations, the newscast is laden with...
Friday, 11 November 2016

ANATOMY OF A FAILED TV NEWS APOLOGY

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Some mistakes in the media are innocent, inadvertent or even involuntary. But it's beginning to look like some other errors are either d...
Thursday, 3 November 2016

PUBLIC'S WATCHDOG, FEROCIOUS ATTACK DOG AND A TIMID LAP DOG

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It is becoming difficult to get a clear understanding of important issues in Kenya, based on media coverage. The public's watchdog turns...
Thursday, 27 October 2016

GRIEVING FAMILY, PRIVACY INTRUSION AND AN INSENSITIVE MEDIA

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A distraught family is mourning the loss of a loved one, after a terror attack in northeastern Kenya. A crew from a local media house is fil...
Thursday, 20 October 2016

TIME, STRAIGHT LINE AND TWISTED MEDIA TIMELINES

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Time moves in a straight line, even if this is in a cyclic manner like a clock or the changing seasons. The past is behind, the future is in...
Thursday, 13 October 2016

MEDIA CREATIVITY AND HUMANITY SUBVERTING DIVINITY

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Not everyone subscribes to spirituality and matters of faith are hardly homogeneous. It is, however, good practise to respect other people...