Hi Suntou!
The foundations of your arguments are premised upon fallacious
grounds. Where, in everything that I have written about this issue, did
I complain about Freedom Newspaper? Where did I task the editor and
proprietor of the newspaper to offer redress? I challenge you to show
me. If you read something and don't understand it, it is best to
request clarification rather than jumping to unfounded conclusions. I
never complained about Freedom Newspaper or its owner. In fact, I
acknowledged the fact that Pa Nderry tried to correct Essa who would
not listen. I wrote: "Pa Nderry tried on several occasions to correct
you but you kept on." Didn't you read that? Did I tell you that I want
Freedom to take action? I challenge you to show me where I wrote that.
It was not Pa Nderry or Freedom that claimed that Raaki is owned by or
fronts for the Gambia Government. It was Essa Sey who did that. As
such, it is Essa that I tasked to "to use the same medium he used to
utter those words to take them back and
apologise to Raaki.com and those behind it." If Essa is honest, he
would realise that he made a mistake and uttered unfounded allegations
about Raaki and he would use the same channels he used to retrack his
statements. Whether Freedom will offer him the platform to do so is
between them since he understands the channels he went through to be
granted the interview in the first place. In short, I did not ask
anything of Freedom. I acknowledged Pa Nderry's efforts at correction.
I demanded a retraction and an apology from Essa.
When Essa was making the allegations, did he ask me where to make them?
Did he ask me whether he should go to Freedom and make the allegations?
He did not. Essa is on these lists. I therefore chose these lists to
address his allegations. Do you have a problem with that?
You wrote:
"It is democratic also for Essa to be suspicious of the ways Raaki has
been promoting issues of lesser iterest to human rights advocates
whilst tentatively promoting items deem pro-government propaganda."
You statement is based on flawed and watery pepper soup logic. Are you
telling me that you believe that Essa should, based on what he
suspects, go around slandering Raaki? Are you serious? Should I go
around telling people that Suntou is a thief just because I suspect you
are without having the slightest iota of proof that you are? Would that
be fair to you and would you accept that it is my democratic right to
do so? You know you wouldn't. Why should I? My rights stop where your
nose begins. While I may have rights, I also have obligations and it is
the fine line between the two that defines democracy. You have your
Suntoumana blog. Did you ask me what to put on it? Who told you that I
started Raaki to promote human rights issues? Raaki was started among
other things to promote Gambian culture and put Gambian media online.
If you want a human rights site, create your own. The day I want to
create such, I would not wait for you to tell me. Which "human rights
advocates" did I fail in not promoting their agenda? Are you one of
them? Do I have an obligation to promote your agenda or that of anyone?
Ask yourself that question my friend.
Who told you I am promoting pro-government propaganda? First, what do I
promote? Who told you I am promoting anything? I am rebroadcasting
material from the only TV station in the Gambia without any kind of
input from my side. Like I said before, I would rebroadcast material
from other tv stations if they were available. Go to Gambia and create
a tv station and I will rebroadcast material from your station. While
we are waiting for that, should I stop rebroadcasting GRTS material
just because you deem it promoting pro-government propaganda? Who are
you? Who deemed what I rebroadcast pro-government propaganda? Is it
you? Did you let me know you feel that way beforehand? Should I accept
it just because you deem it? Should I take your dislike of it over the
more than 1,500 daily visitors? Even if it is propaganda, is it
completely useless? Can't you view it with that mindset and extract the
bits that can be useful?
You also wrote:
"It is at this juncture an unpalatable thing to say, but Essa is not on
his own in seeing the actions of Buharry of late as a systematic pseudo
APRC propagandist. I am not saying this is the case, however, if all
his recent exposure of the photos from the Gambia and the new
propaganda portal etc, one has to ask when will the Raaki owner also
provide us materials that will expose the GREATER EVIL in the Jammeh
administration."
Suntou, you are engaging in doublespeak. In other words, you are
intentionally being ambiguous as you always are, speaking from both
sides of the mouth. If you want to accuse me of being a "systematic
pseudo APRC propagandist", be brave and accuse me. Don't hide behind
Essa and maybe non-existent phantoms to throw insinuations and in the
next breath say you are not saying this is the case. It makes you seem
two-faced. Stand for what you believe. If you believe that Buharry is a
"systematic pseudo APRC propagandist", say it. If not, then don't say
it. You cannot have it both ways. Suntou, I stand for what I believe
and I will to the best of my ability defend it. Everybody who knows me
knows that I am a PDOIS sympathiser. I am not a member of the party and
won't even be able to vote, but of all the political parties in The
Gambia, it is the PDOIS ideology I find most appealing and I have never
been afraid to manifest and defend this. If you go back over the years
on both lists, you will find that I have vigorously argued and defended
my beliefs, no matter how unpopular. Suntou, I am pseudo nothing. I
stand for what I believe. If I wanted to support the APRC, I will not
hide behind anything to support it. That is my God-given right of
choice and I will exercise it no matter what anyone thinks. You claim
to be advocating democracy. Wouldn't you fight for my right to support
the APRC if I chose to do so or are you just pretending to be a
democrat?
You ask when I will also provide material that "will expose the GREATER
EVIL in the Jammeh administration." What is the "greater evil" in
Jammeh's administration? What is the lesser evil? What is the greatest
evil? You have your Suntoumana, why don't you use it to propagate your
agenda and expose what you define as the "greater evil"? Why should I
do it for you?
----Original Message----
From: [log in to unmask]
Date: 2010-06-01 12:06
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subj: Re: Raaki.con, GRTS and the Gambia Government
Haruna, if may add a little observation. Did Buharry contacted the
editor
and proprietor of the freedom news paper for redress? If he does, then
I
believe one can expect result, however if the hope is that, complaining
about the matter here will lead to the freedom taking action, then the
matter may not be resolve quicker.
I will beg to defer in that, each media outlet must expect Gambians to
view
and see their actions in ways they are comfortable with. This is the
end
result of a democratic system. It is democratic also for Essa to be
suspicious of the ways Raaki has been promoting issues of lesser
iterest to
human rights advocates whilst tentatively promoting items deem
pro-government propaganda.
It is at this juncture an unpalatable thing to say, but Essa is not on
his
own in seeing the actions of Buharry of late as a systematic pseudo
APRC
propagandist. I am not saying this is the case, however, if all his
recent
exposure of the photos from the Gambia and the new propaganda portal
etc,
one has to ask when will the Raaki owner also provide us materials that
will
expose the GREATER EVIL in the Jammeh administration.
Propaganda is in many different ways. We all know the GRTS is nothing
but a
mouth piece and the genuine item of Hitlers news reel.
To this end, certain Gambians are uneasy with Buharry's new strategy,
and if
folks should see things contrary to his liking, that is democracy also.
Essa Sey may have been on the wrong side of the fence, but he has done
a lot
more in correcting his ways. The current spat shouldn't take anything
away
from his regular contributions. I am sure, Essa is big enough to say to
Buharry, I withdrew my comments, however, he can maintain the fact
that,
Raaki's enhancement of GRTS's propaganda is a legitimate subject to
query.
This is not the popular thing to say right now, seeing Buharry's friend
queuing to defend him, but it is a point of departure.
I hope the Editor at freedom can run a message withdrawing the
statement
against Raaki, since with all the evils not broadcast by the GRTS,
Buharry
has the right to air what he wish on his website. And also there are
selective programs on GRTS that folks can enjoy with watching any APRC
propaganda, e.g cultural programs for instance.
Suntou
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Buharry,
>
> I join you in encouraging former Ambassador Essa Sey to use the
> Freedomnewspaper platform and issue a public apology to you and the
Raaki
> network. It is not healthy nor is it productive to issue innuendo and
> slander to inure egregious association and tarnish. It is
counterproductive
> and criminal. WHen brought to one's attention that it is inaccurate
and
> potentially malignant, it is honourable to apologise. The alternative
to
> voluntary apology is legal suit for redress.
>
> The internet is a medium of communication not a conduit for
gratuitous
> slander and libel. Those are crimes.
>
> Haruna. It will probably take one lawsuit filed by an aggrieved to
stem the
> tide of Gambian charlatanry. I am terribly disappointed with
Ambassador Sey.
> He generally strives to bear on fact and experience. I therefore hope
he
> issues an apology in this matter.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M. Gassama <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 4:36 pm
> Subject: Raaki.con, GRTS and the Gambia Government
>
> Hi!
> My attention was brought to an interview on Freedom Newspaper?s radio
> (http://www.box.net/shared/h750egpg0j> by Essa Sey. In the
interview, Essa intimated and insinuated that
> Raaki TV is owned by or fronts for the Gambia Government. I want to
>
categorically and unequivocally put it to Mr. Sey that his statements
> regarding Raaki are baseless and false. I further call on him to use
> the same medium he used to utter those words to take them back and
> apologise to Raaki.com and those behind it. I will not front for
> anybody. If I wanted to declare my support for the government, I will
> not hide behind rebroadcasting GRTS material nor will I let myself be
> used. I am sovereign citizen with inalienable rights that include the
> right to support anyone or any party I like. I am providing Raaki as
a
> public service without expecting a butut in return.
> Raaki is owned and run by me with the help of my wife. I started
Raaki
> on 14th. January 2005 when I believe, Essa was working for the Gambia
> Government. Version 2 was launched on 22nd. November 2006. Version 3
is
> still not ready but some aspects of it including the GRTS page have
> been launched. Raaki is named after my daughter who was named after
my
> grandmother, a Fula. Raaki is the Fula version of Rohey. The site has
> since its inception been completely funded by me. I have never
received
> a butut from any government be it the Gambian, Swedish, American,
> Chinese, Japanese or any other. I have never received a butut from
any
> agency or individual towards the maintenance of the site. In fact,
> suggestions have been made many, many times for me to charge a fee to
> recover some of the costs involved and compensate for the time put
into
> the effort but I have said no. I don?t even accept advertisements or
> use Google Ads on Raaki even though the site has over 1500 unique
> visitors per day.
> The motivation for starting Raaki was the fact that Gambian media
> online was relatively non-existent at the time and the fact that
> Gambian culture and cultural practitioners were much underrepresented
> online. I therefore started the first live Gambian online radio and
TV
> to provide Gambians with Gambian material. Due to the bandwidth
> problems especially those associated with video, I discontinued the
> live video broadcasts and instead put the videos online whilst the
live
> radio broadcasts continued. I used to record GRTS when I visited
Gambia
> or ask family and friends to record for me and I encode and make them
> available online. When GRTS went on satellite and the opportunity to
> get the broadcasts in real-time, I decided to record material for
> rebroadcast daily.
> I believe Mr. Sey, that you are on one of the mailing lists and will
> read this. I put it to you that you have erred big time. My
motivation
> for creating Raaki was not to be used by or front for anybody,
> government or agency but to offer Gambians abroad the opportunity to
> access Gambian material and promote Gambian culture. I hope you get
> facts straight before making pronouncements. Pa Nderry tried on
several
> occasions to correct you but you kept on. I love The Gambia and will
> continue to promote it, its culture and its people distractions
> notwithstanding. GRTS happens to be the only tv station from Gambia.
If
> there were other stations broadcasting from Gambia, I will broadcast
> material from them. I feel gratified and happy that Raaki has
inspired
> and resulted in the proliferation of sites that promote Gambian
culture
> and music. Thank you.
> Buharry
>
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