>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Shame on the Gambian Daily Observer >Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:46:19 +0000 > >Abdoulie, what's more pathetic, is the fact that Max's tel. ## and >email >address were listed below the narrative they stole, and they still >did not >have the decency to contact him. This was done with reckless >disregard of >the truth and for their readers. They knew that we would see their >criminal >behavior, for the same medium they stole the article from - the web, >is the >same medium they posted their shameless act. This is a wake-up call >for all >of us regarding this tabloid. I shall send a letter to their >editorial >board for them to apologize to Max and their readership. This is >unbelievable. > >Chi Jaama > >Joe sambou > > > > > > >>From: Abdoulie Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Shame on the Gambian Daily Observer >>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:54:18 -0500 >> >>Folks, >> >>As I was reading through today's issue of the daily observer, I ran >>across >>an article that was very disturbing to me. The daily observer >>directly >>curled Max Njie's story on the issue of the Gambians that were >>arrested in >>Kentucky and pasted it in their front page. This is disturbing for >>several >>reasons. >> >>First and foremost, the observer did not demonstrate any level of >>professionalism by failing to inform their readers of the true >>source of >>the story. To have fine prints that read "posted on the web" is >>misleading >>and serves only the sole purpose of hiding behind their hideous >>agenda. To >>take a story that was written by somebody, surely without their >>consent, >>and paste it as a front cover story on a leading newspaper like the >>observer is itself unethi >>cal. >> >>The ignorant nature by which their so-called journalist render >>their >>services is demonstrated by some of the misinformation that was >>included in >>the story. To my knowledge those Gambians arrested were residents >>of >>Lexington and not Madison as reported by the observer. Again they >>failed >>their readers by not conducting any behind the scenes research to >>boost >>their story but instead relied solely on one that was posted on the >>web. >> >>We've known long time ago that the observer is nothing but a state >>propaganda machine aimed at shifting away the real debate of the >>terrible >>state of the country from the gambian masses. If anything, there is >>much to >>report on local issues than haunting a story that is in it's >>incubating >>stage. But be well assured, you'll fail in your quest and you'll be >>sorry >>that you streamlined yourself with this destructive and myopic >>government. >>Time and only time will tell. >> >>-- Abdou >>lie Jallow >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >>Gambia-L >>Web interface >>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >>[log in to unmask] >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~