So on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Freedom House got us to wake up and smell the coffee about the state of media freedom. It released a report revealing that press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in over a decade globally, and only one in six people live in countries with a free press […]
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Kenya Media Sinned But Hides Its Head In The Sand And Won’t Learn The Right Lessons From 2007/2008 Madness: A Self-Criticism
There is a saying in our trade that the difference between journalists and doctors is that the latter publish their mistakes – while the doctors bury theirs. There was a reminder of that yesterday (January 23), when the International Criminal Court in The Hague, confirmed charges against four Kenyans for their alleged role in the […]
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