[kictanet] Media council Draft bill 2010 (Day Eight--Code of Conduct/Wrapping up)

[Edwin Onchari]

While I have not had a chance to access the document in its entirety and the
deliberations, has there been consideration to social media, blogs, forums,
etc and how they will/should be impacted?

Edwin

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hey listers,
i have a few issues with the code:
part1(e) refers to avoiding provocative headings,im not sure what they
mean by this because i know media houses use sensational headlines to
sell newspapers etc.
code 12 dealing with recording interviews says that a journalist shld
not record someone without their knowledge.what about investigative
journalists who rely on infirmation from secret recordings for their
stories/pieces?
i dont understand the rationale behind code 16 on financial
journalism.why shldnt a journalist write about shares in which they or
their families have an interest?isnt this impractical?

On 2/2/11, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
> Hey People,
>
> I realize you got diverted by the internet price issue and the prime time
> data. And ofcourse Egypt is huge on the agenda.
>
> But may I please beg you to just for today give us comments on the last
part
> of the Bill namely the Code of Conduct?
>
> We have amended the programme and we will focus our debate on this issue,
> and then leave tomorrow free for people to raise concerns that they would
> probably like included in the Bill.
> And on our final day (Friday), we will provide you with a summary of
issues
> we have agreed on, and those that need further debate.
>
> And now to today's debate:
>
> The Code of Conduct and Practice of Journalism covers all aspects for
> journalism from accuracy and fairness to hate speech.
> It has 25 articles some which may need further debate for example article
2
> on Independence where in (f) that a journalist should refuse to allow the
> interests of ownership or management to influence news' judgment and
content
> inappropriately, and article16 on financial journalism.
>
> Now, different media houses have own codes of practice. This then leads us
> to our questions today.
>
> 1.      Should the MCK Code be made the minimum Code that each Media House
> should subscribe to?
> 2.      And if so, in what way(s) would media houses be made to comply?
>
> And finally, the Bill has no transition clause. Could we have a suggestion
> on the text?
>
> Please talk to us.
>
> Have a good day.
> Rgds
> Grace
>
>
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