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

Tue Jun 12 13:32:28 EAT 2012

The managing editor takes responsibility. I'm hoping that's not a question
they are asking themselves at The Star.

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Chelimo Ken <ken at kenyatelecentres.org>wrote:

> 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,
>>>>> Nairobi,KE
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