Ali,<div><br></div><div>I agree. Let's not throw away the baby with the bath water. Just because some bloggers thrive on sensationalism does not mean all bloggers and blogging are invalid. I was silently noting how lenient the attitude was towards this mainstream media's faux pas. I was imagining the hell that would have been raised if it was a blogger. Why the double standard?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Mildred Achoch.<br><br>On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke');" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Dorcas</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I concur with you in this case. 'Mainstream' media ought to do better than bloggers if simply because they have better resources. This was a case of compounding an already volatile situation with the murder of our brother Chris. They should have done basic corroboration and gone beyond innuendo. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">However, we should be careful not to throw the baby with the bath water..</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen16.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4LNdFMd_KMKRbM7xW4Wzv6P2zlZNzW26tGP91k1H6H0?si=6190904865718272&pi=0620612d-7d50-4f12-cf40-86d1b6e15c0e" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Earlier Today </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnnews/video/2000134625/-breaking-news-kdf-spokesperson-colonel-joseph-owuoth-has-gone-missing" target="_blank">https://www.standardmedia.co.k<wbr>e/ktnnews/video/2000134625/-br<wbr>eaking-news-kdf-spokesperson-c<wbr>olonel-joseph-owuoth-has-gone-<wbr>missing</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Now </div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktnnews/video/2000134629/-developing-story-kdf-spokesperson-colonel-joseph-owuoth-confirms-that-he-is-alive" target="_blank">https://www.standardmedia.co.k<wbr>e/ktnnews/video/2000134629/-de<wbr>veloping-story-kdf-spokesperso<wbr>n-colonel-joseph-owuoth-confir<wbr>ms-that-he-is-alive</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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