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#1 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:55:42 PM
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How comes no local tv station gets business and sports reporting right? I was watching some soccer highlights and they just cut when the ball is about go in! On business, they never really seem to know the actual story or the picture that goes with it unless it's a Safaricom story where they just splash the scom building on the screen and That KCB business weekly which is 99% boring KCB staff and stuff.

BBI will solve it :)
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The Merchant
#2 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:00:32 PM
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Opportunity there??
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Burning Spear
#3 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:01:58 PM
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2012 wrote:
How comes no local tv station gets business and sports reporting right? I was watching some soccer highlights and they just cut when the ball is about go in! On business, they never really seem to know the actual story or the picture that goes with it unless it's a Safaricom story where they just splash the scom building on the screen and That KCB business weekly which is 99% boring KCB staff and stuff.



I think its not only Business but whole reporting by our journalists is wanting.
The only thing our local TVs know how to report is when they exaggerate PNU/ODM politicking.
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mukiha
#4 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:17:21 PM
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Remember CNBC-A it was supposed to take care of that; but then....it stopped free-to-air transmission. Viewers are not interested in business, therefore, TV stations don't put much effort in it.... after all, "hakuna mtu an ngojea kuona business"
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Meshark
#5 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:54:58 PM
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Ever heard of journalists for hire..Nowadays the Media is all about pay us something and we do a good story for you.If you fail to do the same then you've got your name soiled all over the News
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Impunity
#6 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 5:00:09 PM
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Their reporting on NSE and Forex is grossly inaccurate.
Useless.
Portfolio: Sold
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2012
#7 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:19:15 PM
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Impunity wrote:
Their reporting on NSE and Forex is grossly inaccurate.
Useless.


You've also noticed!! Citizen and KTN (I don't watch NTV) continue to scroll last week's or last month's trading figures in the afternoons and shamelessly write LIVE. I was queuing in a bank the other day watching the silent tv and my heart almost jumped out when I saw KPLC was trading at 30/-.

BBI will solve it :)
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Cde Monomotapa
#8 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:56:00 PM
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mukiha wrote:
Remember CNBC-A it was supposed to take care of that; but then....it stopped free-to-air transmission. Viewers are not interested in business, therefore, TV stations don't put much effort in it.... after all, "hakuna mtu an ngojea kuona business"

I concur with u 100% Very few Kenyans look forward to biz news..goes to show how much of a HR "good job" economy/mindset we have. The othr thng that irritates me a lot is when they display losers & gainers in number terms & NOT percentages!! Argh! esp.KBC! I gaurantee u that KCB's 3.8% drop today will not show. Nkt!
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ngapat
#9 Posted : Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:57:16 PM
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2012 wrote:
I was queuing in a bank the other day watching the silent tv and my heart almost jumped out when I saw KPLC was trading at 30/-.



Drool Laughing out loudly Drool Laughing out loudly Drool My heart would have jumped out as well
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Abby
#10 Posted : Wednesday, May 11, 2011 7:16:13 AM
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Generally the standard of journalism is very very low.

Even this business paper called Business Daily --- to me, that should be a weekly paper and not daily.

They just recycle articles from other parts of the world, no value addition at all .... or just sensationalize small issues .....

Trouble we still buy ......

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