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Western Media’s Purpose: Journalism, Activism, or Propaganda?

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

… an Eritrean perspective BY YAFET ZEREOU When an African, especially an Eritrean questions the integrity of the Western Media, the ensuing backlash is indicative of the hold of the Western Media on Africa’s elite. As Africans, we have been conditioned to disregard our own and embrace without question what the Western Media says.

The BBC: Guardian or Suppressor of Truth

September 22, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY YAFET ZEREOU As a child growing up in the Horn of Africa, I always used to wonder why my mother had a deep mistrust of the BBC. She would label any gossip monger or liar as ‘BBC’. What made my mother’s insight into the BBC more remarkable was that at the time nearly everybody […]