[kictanet] how positive can foreign media be?

[Warigia Bowman]

Personally, I am feeling very angry at the foreign media. Thanks Evans for
this shocking ridiculousness. we need to expose them!

I wrote this yesterday.

http://digitaldemocracykenya.blogspot.com/2013/03/feeling-frustrated-with-change-in-press.html

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:30 AM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, this is a gem from Time:
>
>
> "At this election, with a new 2010 constitution, and a new electoral body
> with a new — though not glitch-free — electronic voting system, Kenyans’
> determination to hold a peaceful election has been palpable. *The popular
> mood has also been notably anti-Western. Foreign diplomats have been
> warned of blood-curdling revenge should they interfere in the poll*. *Foreign
> journalists have been publicly ridiculed and denounced as prejudiced if
> they predicted chaos and disaster.* And a central message of most
> candidates’ campaigns was strident, patriotic self-determination."
>
> Read more:
> http://world.time.com/2013/03/09/kenyas-election-what-uhuru-kenyattas-victory-means-for-africa/#ixzz2NE3fBw4v
>
>
>
> --
> *----------------------------------------------------
> Kind Regards,
> Evans Ikua,*
>
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Dr. Warigia Bowman
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Clinton School of Public Service
University of Arkansas
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