DEAR EDITOR—I am concerned by the portrayal of Zimbabwe in international media and the negativity surrounding the reports on Zimbabwe. It seems like Zimbabwe is breaking news on every channel in the United Kingdom.
Can any of your readers care to tell me what the fascination with our country is.
I see wars and conflict elsewhere in the world where the news do not even make it to prime time.
Is there something that is in Zimbabwe that these people know about that we don’t – like hidden oil, diamonds or something?
The media onslaught is unwarranted. We need 'real news' not their opinions.
President Mugabe might be bad, but surely not so bad as to warrant such a media onslaught.
Western media’s bias has made it lose its credibility, especially with regards to Zimbabwe.
The BBC, CNN, Sky News unfortunately are exposing their inability to report on complex political crises like in Zimbabwe.
There has been an increasing number of political analysts from the opposition and human rights organisations expressing their ignorance on Zimbabwe.
I wonder how these analysts are selected by these seemingly authoritative news channels, but no more.
I’ll give an example of the hyperbole spread by ‘analysts’. The BBC entertained Wilf Mbanga of The Zimbabwean newspaper saying: “We have a leaked memo saying that the military junta in Zimbabwe is trying to kill off all MDC MPs.”
Now if this is not crazy, I do not have another definition of that term.
And why does The Zimbabwean always have these ‘leaked memos’ that never materialize. It is shocking that the BBC gives such people, obviously shallow analysts, the time of day.
The BBC has to work hard now to regain its credibility.
Sihle Dube—Opinion
sihledube@hotmail.co.uk
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n/a • n/a Subject: biased reporting Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:42:00 • Haru Mutasa is a disgrace to Africa and African women in particular. She does not report anything objectively. The Western printed media is just as biased. The UK Times on line, the Daily Mail, the Guardian etc are all full of unsubstantiated stories about atrocities in Zim. The latest propaganda(Times on line) is about an 11 month old boy whose legs were broken by militia loyal to the ruling party. The desperate levels the Western Media is sinking to to effect regime change is unbelievable.
Weapons of Mass Disinformation are being used against Zim
Can any journalist out there tell us the ethics of journalism in reporting from without.BBC correspondents are in South Africa and one wonders their credibility in reporting on things in Dande.One day i called them from Bindura and told them lies and what did they do?Publish them credibility zero on these MDC mouth pieces
n/a • a/a Subject: Act now Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:43:45 • Its a pity that you miss the bigger picture. You ask why Zimbabwe is in the news and Somalia etc are not? The question you should be asking is why they are no longer in the news. I can tell you. Its because they are deemed as lost causes. Do you want us to get to this stage then you will aceept scrutiny. Zimbabweans need to sober up and realise that our country is just a few inches from the point of no return.
Lincoln Makoni • n/a Subject: Haru Mutasa an MDC reporter... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:35:28 • The writer has left out Aljazeera English among those who have chosen to take sides in the reportage of the Zimbabwean crisis. Since the presidential re-run Haru Mutasa has increasingly become an MDC spokesperson on that channel. I feel sorry for her because she has, wittingly or not, become a pliable instrument in the hysterical propaganda against her own country. I gather that though Aljazeera English is owned by Arabs its editorial policy is controlled by strongly pro British regime change agenda English journalists.
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