Ethio-channal,Addis Neger, Lualawi and Habesha!

                    

    In deed much has been changed since the 2005 election. We have started to see some kind of impartial newspapers.   Samson who has been working in the advertising and promotion business has successfully joined the free press with his full power with the motto of ‘we only afraid of   lies’. It’s promising to see publishers and journalists who are afraid of lies and who vowed to stand up for only the truth. Actually those who are still on the web [who clamed each other as veteran Ethiopian journalists] keep saying that Ethio-channal is pro EPRDF newspaper with out giving any tangible reason. Even they got very angry when the newspaper interviewed Ato Bedur Adem. Because of Ato Bedur said something about Dr.Brehanu and the CUDP on this very newspaper, they labeled it as Pro EPRDF newspaper. Shame on you guys.  Everyone has the right to hear anything about everything!

    For sure would- be famous newspaper is also on the market. The former Meznagna newspaper is back to the arena of the free press and Ethiopian politics with a new name and tone. ‘Addis Neger’. I welcome them enthusiastically to the medium. I vividly remember how the youth were impatient to read it and how exited about the content of the newspaper during the election. They played an important role before and after the election and also they sided with those who preferred to not enter to the parliament. As far as I know it was there right say this or that but they way they reported the dissent ideas during the last days of the crises was absolutely stupid. Even they reported that Ledetu, the controversial, had a meeting with TPLF officials as a misdeed. There evaluation about Ledetu personality and competence as a political leader was completely defamation.  Any way we never forget what they did but we forgive them. And I hope they have learnt something about Ethiopian politics and the rule of the game. We will see what they will do so as to revolutionize the young generation of Ethiopia who supposed to take his position instade of snatching it or waiting for somebody give it to them as the PM Meles put it humorously in his recent discussion with the youth.  

 

 

YOU DONNOT KNOW THE ABC OF FREEDOM OF OPINION!

            

I have seen how the media become distractive when it fall at the hand of irresponsible, immature and  short -sighted individuals and groups, as it happens , most of our media is on the hand of these unripe people.  Defamation, accusing, counter accusing, gossip are what they are for. The funniest and the saddest thing about these acts of idiocy is that the very media clam they belong to the pro- democracy camp whilst they don’t know the ABC of freedom of opinion, individual rights and party politics.

            I was fooled by these media in believing what they wrote as a news pieces and by their so-called “current political analysis’’.  . I believe that there is misunderstanding what is meant by criticism. Some people assume that ‘criticism’ means making negative comments. As a result, they refer only to the negative aspects when making an analysis. This is misunderstanding of the term. Critical evaluation means identifying positive as well as negative aspects, what works as well as what doesn’t. In fact we don’t have critical thinkers and rationales in the media as we would like to see them in numbers. Our websites and bloggers, for sure are an instrument for individual interest; they do not know the meaning of these words since they intermingle it with defamation and labeling. That’s why we haven’t had any mentionable, bold, uncompromised most importantly knowledgeable and clear thinker publisher, journalist or blogger.  In deed, we do have mentionable article writers and a few strong-minded journalists and publishers. We need journalists and publishers like Eskinder Nega, Tamrat G.Giorgis, Amare Aregawi, Abye Teklemariam, et al who have shown us what meant to be higher-level publisher and journalist.       

    What is done is done and we have learned a lot. We have seen what kinds of media have excited in Ethiopia. We have seen who really our leaders in both blocks are. So now we are not in an illusion to see radical changes in a few years time, seeing as we do not have a vibrant political party and free media which are basic instruments to the road towards democracy, our task should be to create a or to help political party. the establishment of new kind of media and