Sidi,

Thank you very much. Let us hope they keep their word on both counts.
I think the people at the Observer can find ample material in the towns and
villages of The Gambia to write about if they are true journalists who are
interested in representing the views of Gambians and informing them about
happenings in our country, and which is what a newspaper in the country
should be doing. If they want to get news from abroad, there are also proper
and legal avenues to get that.
As for asking people to pay them in order to feature articles in the paper, I
am completely amazed. Is it that these people are under-paid or is ti that
this is the order of the day now? One wonders, because a journalist asking
for payment in order to write articles in their own paper defeats the purpose
of being a journalist, doesn't it?

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 12/15/2002 3:06:32 AM Central Standard Time,
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> Jabou el al,
>
> I trust that the Managing Director of the Daily Observer will issue an
> apology for the unauthorised use of material from the G-L and Post and to
> refrain from future use of such material without prior consent of the
> authors.  I have his word and therefore have no reason to doubt that it
> will be done.
>
> Sidi Sanneh
>

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