I see a lot of side shows from those who are always opposing for the sake of opposing. Just here in wazua we even have a number of threads pertaining to the media painting a not so rosy picture.
Sijiu "oh tumerudi siku za moi" "oh accept and move on" oh sijui cowardice, "unpatriotic" are words and statements being thrown around.
My earlier questions still stand. Draconian in what terms? The media doesn't want to take responsibility for bad journalism and here they've somehow managed to convince idiots who haven't even read the bill.
The media is like a knife, very useful but dangerous when used wrongly. To me if they're hefty fines just to prevent misreporting then why not? The other day there was the amendment to the traffic act which imposed hefty fines for me as a road user, where was the hue and cry?
You see once the media has published a fallacy like they always do the damage is already done. Just last week there was that death tax report in Kiambu, did the reporter who wrote the story bother to confirm all his suspicions with the relevant people ama it was just a juicy story that he never bothered with the truth?
There is the PEV which was hugely fanned by the media. Did they ever own up to their part in it?
“People will believe a big lie sooner than a little one, and if you repeat it frequently enough, people will sooner or later believe it.” ― Walter C. Langer