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Of course, we would expect a riot to have an emotional cause. But the latest revelation seems to suggest that the foreign workers in our midst are not the happy campers that our Ministers have earlier made them out to be. With the revelations made by the COI, did our media jump too early into conclusions by grabbing soundbites from someone important?
Mind, it is not wrong – the quotes were given by Ministers and their veracity should not be doubted. But to take their word for it wholesale when the workers in question might have a very different opinion, is to ignore one fundamental rule in journalism: Always try to reach the source. Were there any attempts made to interview such workers?
In addition, the responsibility would then be on them to tie these quotes back to the latest revelations, and question why our Ministers would hold these views. Was that done?
- http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/02/media-reports-on-coi-which-is-the-right-thing/
Mind, it is not wrong – the quotes were given by Ministers and their veracity should not be doubted. But to take their word for it wholesale when the workers in question might have a very different opinion, is to ignore one fundamental rule in journalism: Always try to reach the source. Were there any attempts made to interview such workers?
In addition, the responsibility would then be on them to tie these quotes back to the latest revelations, and question why our Ministers would hold these views. Was that done?
- http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/02/media-reports-on-coi-which-is-the-right-thing/
