[kictanet] OT: the STAR as a (mis)Information Media

[Barrack Otieno]

Agreed Washi, we need responsible journalism. The Ps did the right thing.

Best Regards

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am beginning to hate the STAR now. It appears that they always want to
> look sensational with their news, which stops them from verifying the
> facts. Something reminds me that they appointed a lady recently to look
> into complaints such as I want to raise now, but I don't remember her
> contacts.
>
> Yesterday, the STAR published a photo in the front page, allegedly of the
> crashed Police Chopper, with smoke billowing from the engine.
> Today the STAR has again published a photo, in the front page, of one of
> the deceased pilots inside the cockpit of a different aircraft, wnd which
> the STAR shamelessly alleges is the cockpit of the aircraft that crashed.
>
> First, the photo they published yesterday is not even of a same model
> chopper as the one that crashed.
> Secondly, the photo they have today is the cockpit of an aircraft
> registered as 5Y-STA as opposed to 5Y-CDT which belongs to the chopper that
> crashed.
>
> Of late I have seen quite some misinformation inside the STAR. Could that
> be what they mean by "Fresh, Independent, Different"? That they are unable
> to verify simple facts?
>
> I am glad PS Ndemo has filed a complaint against this publication, which
> is almost becoming pamphlet derivative.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
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