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

Tue Jun 12 13:20:26 EAT 2012

Dear all,
It is actually very disgusting to see everything (picture and the
caption) being presented wrongly in the newspaper. I doubt the credibility
of the editors who are bound to counter check all stories and captions and
ensure that they are correct. Somebody seems to be sleeping on the job. As
far as newspaper editing is concerned, somebody has to take responsibility
for this blunder  but who is it? The managing editor, news editor,
sub-editor or photo editor?

Ken

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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