Saturday, April 4, 2009

MAILBOX: Freddie's nightly search for the bizarre and outlandish!

Norman Faria: Kissoon is not a journalist in the traditional meaning of the term of a media worker going out and obtaining and disseminating information (the “story”) giving all the “who, how, what, where, when and possible why” in an objective way quoting relevant sources.
His is personal opinion. This is the nature of column writing, though there are outstanding and necessary examples where the line is blurred between subjective viewpoints and reporting in the interests of deepening ongoing progress and development (as reflected in state owned media) .
Columnists are part of the media but not journalists in its purest sense of the term. Kissoon is what is known in the trade as a shock columnist. He is just like the “radio shocks” in the US renowned for their outlandish styles and comments.

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