Month: April 2023
Truth matters: Trump election lies and Fox News suit question for Kenyan media
An epic media trial that would have enthralled millions of people across the world was averted at the last minute in the US last week….
No cheap unga yet, but did anyone check whether Baba got access to IEBC servers?
Truth hit Hussein Mohamed like a ton of bricks. Bang! On Monday, April 17, the State House Spokesperson broke the good news to the nation:…
It’s time Citizen TV fully told the story about ‘special’ porridges
Citizen TV on Tuesday, April 18, invited us to one of those rare moments when a positive story comes from northern Kenya. No, it wasn’t…
On Uhuru farm raid, Standard told the story everyone missed
The raid on the Kenyatta family’s Northlands farm in Ruiru outside Nairobi is an outrage. And not just because somebody plotted to steal 1400 sheep…
What can be lost in names? Bigger story of law and order breakdown
Reading the six dailies a few weeks ago, after the previous Monday’s demonstrations, was a story in storytelling. Business Daily chose business and completely avoided…
Star’s Shagalabagala tale of resurrected woman and waiting for Godot’s unga
We start with how Lion’s Place gave Kenyans the first woman messiah. According to The Star, a woman died, was buried and rose from the…
Should news organisations pay for verified Twitter account?
By Sofia Mohamed On February 21, Kenyans on Twitter woke up to chaos on the platform after it stripped off the blue badge from news…
Big words versus plain English in the newspaper
By Kodi Barth When lawyer and former State House speechwriter Eric Ng’eno starts to write, he gets carried away by words. You can feel the…
Want to wife Winnie? You must be like Baba, or appear on cover of Time
By Lucy Mwangi and Jacob Nyukuri The week witnessed an array of cases of misinformation. The peddlers of false narratives targeted politicians, leaders, and other…
‘Luo Nyanza’ but not Kikuyu Central, Kalenjin Rift or Somali North?
This is the first time that the price of cooking flour crossed below the Sh170 mark for a 2kg pack, heaving a sigh of relief…