Press freedom without any limits?
Sep 23, 2002
SIR— A few days ago, I came across a copy of Under Siege magazine, a publication of Ugandan journalists in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, May 3.
SIR— A few days ago, I came across a copy of Under Siege magazine, a publication of Ugandan journalists in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, May 3. A large section of that magazine was dedicated to article on why the press must be free to carry out their work. It enumerated several examples of occasions when this “inalienable right†has been violated in Uganda and the Great Lakes region in general.
Violations of press freedom must be categorically condemned; but there is an issue which has been overlooked. Should people stand there and look on while their names are being defamed under the guise of press freedom? Should pornography be part of this press freedom?
Journalists must seriously work on their ethics before they condemn violators of press freedom.
Let’s face it, most journalists in this country have a thing for including their personal feelings in their articles.
Journalists must co-operate in the struggle to attain press freedom by improving on their won ethical standards. Journalists, like politicians, rarely tell the whole truth
when it is essential. This is no compliment.
Jude Kabuchu
St Paul’s Seminary, Kabale
Violations of press freedom must be categorically condemned; but there is an issue which has been overlooked. Should people stand there and look on while their names are being defamed under the guise of press freedom? Should pornography be part of this press freedom?
Journalists must seriously work on their ethics before they condemn violators of press freedom.
Let’s face it, most journalists in this country have a thing for including their personal feelings in their articles.
Journalists must co-operate in the struggle to attain press freedom by improving on their won ethical standards. Journalists, like politicians, rarely tell the whole truth
when it is essential. This is no compliment.
Jude Kabuchu
St Paul’s Seminary, Kabale