Month: October 2019
BBI campaigns and need for media prudence
What was that the TV stations did on Friday, October 25? The main channels aired live an event in Kitui organized by Team Embrace. If…
Kimathi grave: a lesson that journalism is about verification
Hate to say we told you so. But a tall story last Friday taught news houses left with egg on their faces why verification is…
PD disowns its story as ‘press reports’
On Wednesday, October 23, the People Daily carried a big story headlined, “Graft: Big shots seek out-of-court bargains.” The paper splashed on its front page…
Beware of press release journalism
Equity Bank will plant a tree every second for the next one year to mark its 35th anniversary, the lender announced last week. But that…
MEDIASCAPE: Freedom without responsibility is prostitute’s prerogative
We need to call a reconciliation meeting between the online desks and the much over-rated “mainstream” news desks. Oh, just for the record, our mutual…
MEDIA MONITORING: HATE SPEECH: It’s time we shift focus to social media monitoring
Social media especially Facebook and twitter, with the highest number of users, is one of the inexpensive communication platforms where anyone has the privilege to…
Guest Column: Fake News and Public institutions
By Jacob Nyongesa In the recent past misinformation, disinformation and fake news has been on the increase in Kenya. More often than not the messages…
PEN COP: Copy-paste journalism and ‘exelarating’ shows
Only last week October 12th, 11 General Service Unit (GSU) officers 11 police officers patrolling the Kenyan border with Somalia have this evening died after…
