>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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~