Hamjatta,

I agree with much of what you've said, especially about the privacy part.
I'd hate to see Gambian journalism go down the Tabloid route. But, knowing
how slow life is in the Gambia, I bet there's a lot of interest in learning
who the latest #1 Lady is. It's a shame, but that's our reality. My main
concern though, has to do with the way these journalists get handled. If
Yaya succeeds in silencing the press, we'll all suffer somehow. If you think
things are bad now, imagine how it will be with fewer roving eyes watching
the govt.'s excesses.

Saul.


>From: Hamjatta Kanteh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Pres. Jammeh V. The Independent Newspaper
>Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:12:54 EST
>
>Saul,
>     why write about such a trivial matter as Jammeh's third wife or even
>speculate about it when all you can offer as proof is/was sources?  Isn't
>this avalanche journalism and reeks of tabloid knee jerk stories that
>papers
>in the West here compete to out do each other at? Who gives a tosh any way
>about Jammeh's private life? He deserves a private life just as you are
>enjoying; nothing less nothing more. even for public figures there has got
>to
>be a dividing line between the private and the public. lets not get into
>the
>private life of the guy it will only spiral out of control and degenerate
>into the arena of the undesirable which we certainly don't need here.
>

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