@ rickymosh and McReggae,

What I would have been more interested in while watching the news item is seeing the causal relationships e.g. between the suicide and the Arsenal's loss or the fat prostitute's increased income and the sex boycott. Don't take comfort in numbers just because the story got to reuters,bbc,espn....afterall who feeds these with the news? I would suppose that they do not remotely sense and they could have as well employed Kenyan journalists or some graduates of some 4th floor college masquerading as scribes. (and again,what if the loud quip I talked of in another thread was true.....)

And if you hold a talk show,the line of questioning should be useful for the guest as well as the audience. That's not too western to ask

To agree with you most professions in this country are sinking into mediocrity. If teachers and informers of the nation,such as journalists and waalimu are in deep,then I guess too bad. But you journalists cannot be left off the hook because you equally pry into public and private affairs with the proper intention of informing the rest of us. The responsibility that comes with that is enormous.

While I also agree with McReggae that audits are needed for every profession and even individual,for the print and electronic media,it starts with basic EDITING for language,coherence and factual content. Otherwise that newspaper that I pay Kshs. 35 for could very well be worth only 20 bob or less if you want to indulge in me in matters of value for money.

Kudos to the few,maybe two or four real scribes out there



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The problem with journalists is the tendency to comment authoritatively on matters they are least qualified.... It is like giving a teenager a gun. Some regulation is desirable for public good. The challenge lies to what extent the regulation should be applied.

Osama bin Laden

fantony: out of order!!!!

Make money.....then you will enjoy all the fine things in life!!!

@ fanthony,please be SK civil and remove those identities.

It was and still is a discussion and not a vendeta ground.



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@Spendthrift.

Methinks you are directing your rage at the wrong persons. The problem is not poor journalism,its more like poor editing and management quality controls. The journos are at the bottom of the ladder,blaming them is not fair.

If I was an editor and got some of the crap written on the papers,I would hit the journo real hard with it and ask him to get his act together. On top of that,they should grill the journo on his proof and support of the story to maintain the papers integrity.

Same case will apply to management,they should likewise come down hard on their editors during reviews to avoid silly mistakes and maintain quality.

As for presenters and program hosts,they are meant to be flowers not brains,the real brains should be the producers,diretors and script writers who should ensure enough research is done on topics before presenting them to the public.

And we (kenyans) are not helped by our Shen'glish,me thinks it complicates sentence construction,we tend to think the way we speak.



I guess if you can't win with facts,you can always pen bile-laced,xenophobic rants to distract everyone.