Two schools of thoughts characterise the Media Bill debate. On this end of the continuum is the section of the society, which sees it as a step in the right direction and those at the end of the continuum viewing it as an autocratic instrument Thapelo Ndlovu to be specific. Let me prefix this article by reviewing some of the articles, which appeared in the local newspapers, which I feel we owe to reflect on serious as citizens of this country. Thereafter, I argue for the Media Bill. Some of the articles which I have sampled for this article include: BDF ready to go to war, a picture of a house in which Morgan Tsvangirai was staying in while in Botswana, newshounds chasing a distraught Zimbabwean woman to get something to write about. Those who subscribe to the school of thought which views media bill as an autocratic instrument do not see anything wrong with this kind of bad taste journalism. To them this is a true meaning of democracy according to their journalism dictionaries, which some of us would not want to have among our collection least they corrupt our minds.
This approach to journalism raises many questions than answers some of the weighty questions are: Have they really received any professional training in journalism? Did they not land a job in the profession because of their level of proficiency in written and spoken English/Setswana languages? Have they ever heard of journalism professional ethics? Is it being democratic when people write about issues, which compromise our country's security? It is, however, my knowledge that most of them have not been to a journalism school, which clearly this explains it all.
