Don�t abuse power of persuasion, PHK tells media

Kedikilwe
Kedikilwe

Vice President, Ponatshego Kedikilwe says the media have the power to persuade which they should wield prudently to retain the public’s faith in their profession.

“As popular faith in democratic politics will be compromised by dishonest governance, the credibility of any free media will likewise suffer if it casts aside professional values such as truthfulness and ethics, accuracy, balance and fairness, while indulging in sensationalism and malicious insult,” he told media editors yesterday when opening a CEDA Business Reporting workshop.

Citing examples of unethical reporting, the Vice President noted an “incoherence between headlines and the substantive story,” as well as the existence of unfair innuendo in some reportage.  “Some people avoid interviews to avoid being quoted out of context,” he said.

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