Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:03:16 +0000 The Patriotic Front should stop threatening the private media because they are ascendance to power can be directly traced to the publicity provided by private newspapers and radio stations. According to a media consultant Samuel Ngwira, “people should not forget where they came from by destroying institutions that brought them to power.” Mr Ngwira said “the PF were the first people to criticize the manner in which the media was operating under the previous regime and wondered why the party was changing stance and at now worsened the situation by threatening the media. It was disappointing, he said, that government had changed its stance on freedom of the press which they advocated for, “If we had a good leadership, I see no reason why the media should be threatened, as it was playing the important role of disseminating information to the public.” He stated that the PF government was […]
