<div>Here's one of them. Will forward in batches</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Let's face it, we are all afraid of the media<BR>projecting us badly. As the saying goes the media<BR>"makes or kills". That is tremendous power either ways<BR>depending on how it is used. Their pen can kill or<BR>make things happen.<BR><BR>But "the media" is not a homogeneous thing. Like every<BR>other sector of society it has good people,<BR>questionable people and crooks as well. <BR><BR>When I proposed that respective media houses conduct<BR>own audits, the media council another, and the<BR>government to do the final task force, it was on the<BR>premise that we all accepted that "the media" played a<BR>very big role in the events that led to the sorry of<BR>Kenya. We were looking at fixing the problem so that<BR>it never again happens
in Kenya. I still stand by my<BR>statement. <BR><BR>It is saddening to read that the media council has<BR>gone ahead to form not an audit but "a task force".<BR>And that they point to towards claiming that the<BR>government does not have the mandate to form a task<BR>force. In self-support, sections of the same media<BR>float suspicions "what is the ministry up to?" then<BR>reporting "media control is a tool traditionally used<BR>by oppressive governments" and editorials...<BR><BR>If even MPs in clash-torn areas turn to and ask <BR>government for protection in their own areas, is it<BR>right for the media not to recognise that "for-common<BR>good" government always must always be recognised <BR>as the supreme authority on the the state? Is the<BR>media exempt from all forms of external audit? <BR><BR>If this is the case, then we may as well come to terms<BR>that we moved to a "media state", just like exists<BR>"police states", dictators etc etc and in that<BR>scenario the
media controls even all its critisms and<BR>would not be any different from past "news" critical<BR>e.g. to police etc for conducting internal closed<BR>investigations. Trust in their honesty delivery of<BR>news to consumers becomes questionable and one is left<BR>never to trust all news.<BR><BR>Consumers need a media they can trust their<BR>information. A media open governance scrutiny the<BR>always help us hold government open and accountable.<BR><BR>The government look after all of us, including the<BR>media and I recognize government as the final power<BR>over society's welfare. <BR><BR><BR>If we fail to collectively correct recent mistakes<BR>then "media resources" might also well be included in<BR>the ongoing peace talks because daily information<BR>consumers mind and opinion control is the most<BR>powerful national asset.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Alex Gakuru<BR><BR><BR>____________________________________________________________________________________<BR>Be a better
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