Nice !!!
Your last two posts are great… but please take care and be safe

Let me say that pointing the finger at the media is overdue. Just as a judge would convict the murderer, he/she would also convict the weapon provider. This is called conspiracy to commit murder. And the media is guilty.

If mr.Sang is guilty, his boss and KASS FM is just as guilty if not more.

The media broadcast the mindless ‘ethnicisation’ of politics. The media supported and promoted views that contributed to the violence we saw. Without being held accountable.

we Kenyans learn slowly & are easily manipulated. When the govt. said in 2009 that the media is too powerful, we blocked our ears and screamed murder. When the media whipped up the ICC and its trials and made the Persons of Interest celebrities, we went along. These are the fruits.

This is a bell-the-cat moment. Who will call out the people who are now more powerful than the government?

The plurality of views inherent in democracy means we need a ‘sieve’ of what comes on air, in an environment as fractured as ours.
The people must champion the safeguards necessary for freedom of expression to be truly free. We must start by making Media owners more accountable to the public. We must divorce public media from commercial interest.

We must understand that whoever controls the media org controls the society. Kenyans, its not the government anymore.

I totally agree with you. In no uncertain terms…

I am very, very, extremely (and other words to that effect) with you on this one. Sadly, it seems that we never learn.

you forgot to mention K24 which is probably more enthusiastic than the above named no doubt since one of the Ocampo 6 is alleged owner

you’ve just hit the nail on the head.

What is press freedom?
From your article, it is clear that your argument is largely emotional and devoid of merit.
A key tenet of media freedom is that the media will operate independently without any external interference.
A free media should be balanced, unbiased and above all fearless.
The media should present ALL views/news/opinion no matter how raw, polarising or “damaging” they maybe.
Failing to broadcast the rally/prayer meeting will not change the fact that indeed the rally is happening.
The media should present it and let you and me be the judges of what is happening.
Its like saying, that the media (western or local) should not report any casualties that are as a result of Coalition airtstrikes currently going on in Lbya, simply because the goal is to get rid of Kadhaffi. Likewise, the media should not report on any atrocities committed by Outtara’s forces in Abidjan or elsewhere in Ivory Coast.
The media is there to report and document whatever is happening irrespective of which side one supports.

Therefore, #NoIdontsupportocampo6mediablackout

Let Kenyans watch the events and make their own choices/deductions.
Then again,when were the so called Ocampo6 found guilty?
What happened to innocent till proven guilty?
Boycotting the media will not make the issues go away.
Just like an ostrich that buries its head in the sand………….

“Yes, my entire torso is covered with bird seed, chicken droppings and feathers. This is because I preferred to lie face down in a chicken coop that accommodates six dozen chicken suffering from acute diarrhoea than have to listen to another second of blasted ‘Live Coverage’ of windbags returning to the country.”

Laughable to say the least

Said like it is its utterly disgusting.

am glad am reading this. the last time a bought a nation or standard newspaper was 2009 and am not gonna start. as for the TV stations, blame my addition to the high speed internet connections, i just lack the time to be on TV.

its a shame the main stream media can dedicate a whole 6hrs to Ocampo6 and give the IDPs & PEVs some 6 minutes (even less) in a day. that shld tell you where their priorities are. they should learn that its not always about those who can pay to be aired but about the people in the whole nation … its about using their influence for the good of this nation.

and you know what? they have failed big time … they always fail.

Interesting how NTV isn’t covering the Ocampo 6.

The reason for calling for a media boycott is because one can see beyond the events as reported to their effect on a largely gullible polity. Those rallies are polarizing the Kenya. They are heightening ethnic animosity, and could lead to worse bloodletting than we saw in early 2008. Media freedom is not absolute. US media does not show images of people jumping of WTC or dead bodies in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. And it is one of the most free media in the world.

Watching the Hague proceedings, the constant coverage and the welcome parades on KBC and Citizen from across the border here in Kampala I couldn’t help feeling that something wasn’t quite right. I was surprised how little was being acknowledged of the fact that thousands died mostly due to instigation and encouragement of murderous squads by people that were in powerful positions and far from the machetes and petrol bombs.

Since I am Ugandan I figured there was a lot i didnt know about the whole issue but this post has just brought to the fore most of what has been going through my mind and convinced me that I was right to be somewhat confused.

Great post