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</div><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size:10pt; color:black; font-family:verdana;"><div id="wmQuoteWrapper"><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><blockquote id="replyBlockquote" webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size:10pt; color:black; font-family:verdana;"><div id="wmQuoteWrapper"><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank"></a> <table style="width:685px;border:1px solid #cccccc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#394852"> <table style="width:100%" bgcolor="#f8f9f9" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#394852" valign="top"><img src="http://eastafricapress.net/images/bulletin/bullet_bg1.png" border="0" height="73" width="214"></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-right:15px" align="right" valign="middle"><b><span style="font-size:medium">No. 91, September 19, 2011</span></b></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="background-color:#016483;width:100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-size:6px" bgcolor="#a6b0b4"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:7px" bgcolor="#115f89"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="width:100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding:10px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#394852" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span> <div><a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>Coverage fit for a slum</b></span></a></div> <div>A mighty fire breaks out in a Nairobi slum on a chilly Monday morning. People are burning down to ashes and bones. Their meagre possessions are up in flames. There is utter helplessness. Rescue operations get underway but the death toll is rising..<a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank">. Read More>>></a></div> <div><a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>That was a big story</b></span></a></div> <div>It was buried deep inside The Standard newspaper last Monday, on Page 33 after the sleazy ‘Crazy Monday’ pullout and business news. ‘Aga Khan carries out first video surgery’, read the headline...<a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank">Read More>>></a></div> <div><a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>What TV business news?</b></span></a></div> <div>A while back, NTV launched a daily business news programme called PM Live. A great initiative when one considers that, as we have already stated, the important news in the Kenyan media tends to be about politicians. K24 and KBC Channel 1 also have new business programmes. ..<a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank">Read More>>></a></div> <div><a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>Whose agenda matters?</b></span></a></div> <div>On Sunday 11 September 2011 and the following day, the media carried many reports about the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the US. Nearly 3,000 people from many nations, including Kenya, died in the bombings by Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network... <a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank">Read More>>></a></div> <div><a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>‘Fuata nyayo’ at SG</b></span></a></div> <div>And finally, a senior journalist at The Standard recently spoke candidly about how media owners in Kenya meddle with editorial content to suit certain interests. It is something many news consumers are not aware of. Kenyan media is generally thought of as fiercely independent of vested political and other interests... <a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=618:coverage-fit-for-a-slum&catid=69&Itemid=138" target="_blank">Read More>>></a></div> </td> <td style="padding:10px 15px;background-color:#f3f7f7;width:209px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#394852;font-size:11px" bgcolor="#e5e9eb" valign="top"> <h2><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;font-size:small">BULLETIN ARCHIVES<br></span></h2> <ul> </ul> <div><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></div> <hr> <h2><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Media-Institute/326426704678" target="_blank"><img src="http://eastafricapress.net/images/bulletin/facebook-on-sidenav.gif" alt="Find us on Facebook" style="border:0 none" border="0"></a></h2> <div><a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/eastafricapress" target="_blank"><img src="http://eastafricapress.net/images/bulletin/twitter-on-sidenav.gif" alt="Follow us on Twitter" style="border:0pt none" border="0"></a></div> <hr> <div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div align="left"> <table style="width:685px" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#394852" align="center"> <div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:xx-small">You are currently subscribed to <span style="border-bottom:1px dashed #0066cc">The Bulletin</span>.</span></div> <div align="center"><a href="http://now.eloqua.com/e/f2.aspx?elqFormName=NewsUnsuben&elqSiteID=714&Email=otienoj@yahoo.com&Language=EN" target="_blank"></a></div><div><a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_acajoom&Itemid=999&act=change&subscriber=298&cle=f1c7a850082357846be1ed920f6cd326&listid=1" target="_blank"><span>Change your subscription</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_acajoom&Itemid=999&act=unsubscribe&subscriber=298&cle=f1c7a850082357846be1ed920f6cd326&listid=1" target="_blank"><span>Unsubscribe</span></a></div> <a href="http://www.ijoobi.com" target="_blank"><br><center><span style="color:#666666;font-size:.8em;text-align:center"></span></center></a><div></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br><br><img src="http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_acajoom&Itemid=999&act=log&listid=1&mailingid=84&subscriber=298" border="0" height="1" width="1"></div><br> </div> </blockquote></span>
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