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

[Lydia Gachungi]

Dear Grace,

As we wrap up, just a concern, we have not heard many media people 
contributing to these discussions. Or could it be the list has just a few 
and their views will be captured in a different forum before the bill 
moves to the next stage? 

Perhaps  it would have been more interactive if we got various views from 
the people this bill is meant to address directly.

Lydia





Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> 
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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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