By nuune , May 23, in Politics. I raised this topic, because I was so confused about a recent development, this kind of confusion also happened to many people concerning the Somali politics,. It is a common knowledge that media are owned and run by subjective and unsanctified men. Here in America, there are liberals, conservatives, libertarians, and religious right journalists. There are all kinds of special interests pushing their views in so many different ways.
Ethics of journalism, the need of having more than one anonymous source, competition, public opinion, watchdog groups, and other checks and balances is what makes them look an objective media.
Somalis are no different. No one pays them. There are exceptions, of course. The TFG's utter failure to implement the reconciliation agenda it supposed to jumpstart is totally ignored. What you read, depending on from which site, is which faction of TFG has legal legs to stand. The Mogadishu security problem and unilateral invitation of FTs by Nairobi faction despite the objections of most powerful warlords whose participation of the Nairobi conference was very critical to the formation of the TFG is lost in the cheerleading analysis.
The good thing about this is that no one has a monopoly over information. From what seems chaotic, biased, and sporadic media outlet, will become in due time a balanced, business minded and experienced media power houses constrained by public opinion and ethics of journalism.
There will be money to be made, genuine public service to be advanced, public opinions to be considered, etc. All these will happen when the state reclaims its legitimacy, peace prevails, normalcy returns, and journalism becomes respected profession in which its practitioners are compelled to get their credentials from a respected accredited institution.
