Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:58:14 +0000 THE PATRIOTIC FRONT (PF) ON THE COPPERBELT IS DISAPPOINTED THAT MEDIA BODIES SUCH AS MISA ZAMBIA HAVE ABANDONED THEIR ROLE OF PROMOTING MEDIA FREEDOM AND INSTEAD HAVE STARTED OPERATING AS APPENDAGES TO POLITICAL INTERESTS. ZAMBIANS ARE CURIOUS THAT MISA ZAMBIA HAS CONSPICUOUSLY REMAINED QUIET ON THE ASSAULT OF A MUVI TV JOURNALIST BY SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE UPND PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE THE CASE OUTSIDE COURT BY PAYING THE JOURNALIST K30MILLION. HOWEVER, THE SAME MISA WAS QUICK TO CONDEMN POLICE WHEN UPND CADRES WERE TEARGASED AFTER THEY RANSACKED A POLICE STATION. MISA ZAMBIA’S ANTI-PF STANCE IS VERY WELL DOCUMENTED. PRIOR TO LAST YEAR’S ELECTIONS, THIS ORGANISATION CHOSE TO IGNORE PF’S CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABUSE OF THE PUBLIC MEDIA BY THE MMD, BUT WHEN PF BARRED ZNBC FROM COVERING IT’S NATIONAL CONFERENCE BECAUSE OF SUCH CONCERNS, MISA ZAMBIA WAS QUICK TO CONDEMN THE PF. […]
IRISH AID MUST RECONSIDER FUNDING MISA ZAMBIA – COPPERBELT PF
