GAZETI MAARUFU NA ZEE KUSHINDA YOTE DUNIANI LILIVYOTINGISHA SERIKALI NA MAISHA UINGEREZA...

Habari zilizotanda Uingereza majuma mawili yaliyopita zimehusu gazeti maarufu la News Of The World. Lilifungwa wiki jana baada ya  mashtaka ya uhalifu. News of the World ilikuwa ikipata habari kwa kuingilia barua pepe na simu za watu maarufu ili kuwaiba. Miongoni mwa waliokuwa wakifanyiwa wizi huo ni Malkia Elisabeth, mwanae Prince Charles, Waziri Mkuu wa zamani Gordon Brown, viongozi mbalimbali na wacheza mpira mashuhuri. Mwishoni  gazeti liliwaudhi wananchi zaidi ilipofahamika lilikuwa limekita makucha yake kusikiliza habari za watu waliouliwa au kufa. Kati yao ni wasichana watatu waliouliwa kinyama Milly Dowler, Jessica Chapman, Holly  Wells na ndugu za waliofariki Julai 2005 kutokana na mabomu ya magaidi  mjini London.

Suala la  kutafuta habari hata za maiti lilikuwa kilele cha uhalifu na gazeti lilifungwa na mwenyekiti wake Rupert Murdoch.

Mzee Murdoch na mkewe mzawa wa China,Wendi Deng, aliyezaliwa mwaka 1968...
Picha ya Gettys...
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POWER AND ROT OF MEDIA: LESSONS FROM LONDON’S NEWS OF THE WORLD

I have met individuals who do not watch television or read newspapers. Others say media is a waste of time; that it is propaganda by those who own the world; control our minds and sell us stuff we don’t like.

Some say they admire former President Nyerere for delaying television in Tanzania.  For young people born post 1990, television is obvious but not us who grew up under Ujamaa and experienced television late.

A few days ago an old school mate visiting London touched on the same subject:

“Remember when we first saw television in Nairobi in 1971? At that time we hated Ujamaa and Nyerere. Now looking back the old man was right. How can a peasant living in a village thatch without enough food and electricity afford a television set?”

Yes. Arguments against television vary.

Powerful billionaire media chief, Rupert Mudoch