Advertisement
Has a prank call from Australia radio dj’s gotten out of hand with the death of a nurse after a prank call made to the hospital to gain some very private information on Kate Middleton pregnancy. Has Etv’s respect towards there viewers been brought down to ratings only.
I am sitting back in shock at how low media journalism has dropped to sensationalism and ratings. Various website Headlines were alarming, just to get me to click on the article link to find out if Tata was OK.
Thanks to ETV broadcasting an old interview release to boost ratings on the former presidents Nelson Mandela’s health to boost speculations and cause great concern amongst the public is cruel and insensitive.
I rushed to work the next day to tell our journalists of the sad news I witnessed on ETV. Finding myself 'Clicking' on every online news headline to read every bit of information i can find to confirm it.
I recently read an article with an apology from eNCA NEWS for displaying the old footage of Mandela’s wife stating that she is sadden by the ‘Sparkle’ fading in her husband.
Link below
How much trust should we continue to have in news broadcast. Do we need second opinions before repeating any news we hear and read or should we have a new HOAX Slayer for journalism as well.
I feel that ethics should be practised in the learning process to always have ‘US’ the ‘People’s” best interest at heart.
Category