Month: June 2018
An ugly interview
Can you imagine a TV show where the host talks half the time? Rambling on and on until an exasperated guest jumps in to answer?…
Is Standard Digital digging a grave?
By Kodi Barth Americans have a dramatic slang for a disastrously mishandled situation. When things go unexpectedly, horribly wrong, they call it a clusterf****. Oh…
KPA boss’s ‘miracle’ misleading
The media reported a miracle at the Port of Mombasa last week. But as with most miracles, the truth lay elsewhere. “The Kenya Ports Authority…
Media loves Ruto’s heaven agenda
A message circulating on social media last week said, “Someone is rich, you want to investigate the source of his wealth. When he was poor…
What happened to science reporting?
There are numerous public research institutions but what goes on there? Who knows what studies are going on and what findings have been reported? Why…
PEN COP: Lifestyle audit for writers needed
Waqo said he expected the suspects to be arraigned in court upon clearance by the Director of Prosecutions (People Daily, June 20 p.6). To arraign…
FAKE NEWS: Duale quitting Jubilee?
Scammers have devised ways of conning people using fake accounts of prominent people. Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has warned his Facebook followers to be wary…
Churnalism: NTV’s Moi Girls rumours
NTV is going down River Road (apologies to novelist Meja Mwangi). The house the Aga Khan built is haemorrhaging top talent like the world is…
Standard crash report unethical
Grisly accidents, as Kenyan reporters like to call them, happen often. Sad. Thanks to the Ancestors for sober editors, no respectable media house would publish…
Ruto ‘tangatangas’ in the Star
Deputy President William Ruto’s kutangatanga has become a national fixture. He is taking “development” to every corner of the republic. At this rate, by the…