The allegations from President Adama Barrow against some journalists demanding money in exchange for paying positive new coverage are not just disappointing, they’re worrying. Many young idealists are repelled by what they are being asked to do in the name of journalism. Some media owner-anchors and reporters may have no scruples,[Read More…]
Opinion
Barrow’s Soothsayer, Act 4 Scene 1: 60 Mosques, Witches’ Drum-Call
FIRST HYPOCRITE: (In concert with other hypocrites at hand clapping) Barrow! The zenith of our hope! The druid of Mankaman Kunda! The vertex of the round table! The diaspora is spent–and now with incessant venom swell with indignation. SECOND HYPOCRITE: From New York to Seattle, Berlin to Hamburg, and London[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: Barrow Should Wary More Of Your Sycophants Than Critics
Criticism of government is as old as politics itself, and it’s not done to dishonor the leaders but to challenge them to deliver as they promised. It’s only in the Gambia that reminding a government of things it promised to do, is considered as disloyal, traitorous, unfaithful and unpatriotic. Countering[Read More…]
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