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

[Odhiambo Washington]

It's not enough to offer apology on FaceBook. Personally I'd like to see
that prominently on Page 1, in print. It also nonsensical that they are
unable to verify facts. I wonder if they will apologise again on Facebook
that their photo and caption in the front pages today are blatantly wrong!


On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Andrea Bohnstedt <
andrea.bohnstedt at ratio-magazine.com> wrote:

> I saw someone's comment on Facebook yesterday that the picture was a stock
> photograph and forwarded it to the managing editor. They printed a
> correction today, saying that a reader had called in and offered a
> photograph from the crash, and I also noticed that Paul Ilado posted an
> apology on Facebook yesterday.
>
> On 12 June 2012 11:50, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
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