THE THIRD WORLD MAN INCLUDED THE ORDINARY MAN AND THE INTELLECTUALS OUGHT TO INSTILL IN THEIR MINDS THE FACT THAT THE PRESS ALWAYS PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE BOTH IN PRESERVING THE OLD AND USHERING IN THE NEW!IN ANOTHER WORDS, THE PRESS CAN BASICALLY BE A DRAG OR MIDWIFE TO CHANGE ,DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE THE PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS CHOSE TO CAST THEIR LOT;UNFORTUNATELY IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA, A LOT OF SO CALLED REPORTERS ARE STILL DIVING INTO THE SEA OF SHAMEFUL JOURNALISTIC MANIPULATION WITHIN SOME SO CALLED BANANA AFRICAN REPUBLICS NOT COMMITTED TO TRUE DEMOCRACY TODAY! IN ADDITION TO THAT FACT,MORE SO CALLED AFRICAN JOURNALISTS FAIL TO SPEAK OUT THE TRUTH, JUST TO PLEASE GOVERNMENTS IN POWER !ALTHOUGH THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A RHETORIC ISSUE,THE SEEMINGLY OBVIOUS ANSWER IS A COMPLICATED ONE WHICH MUST DISCERN PATTERNS FROM THREADS.IT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME STORY IN MORE THIRD WORLD NATIONS TODAY, PARTICULARLY IN THE THE BLACK CONTINENT BECAUSE GREED AND EASY CASH MONEY HAVE CLOSED THE MOUTH OF SOME SO CALLED REPORTERS IN A SMOOTH CORRUPT PROCESS…WHEN WILL IT END?TIME WILL REALLY TELL ONE DAY BECAUSE AFRICA OUGHT TO WAKE UP NOW IN A REVOLUTIONNARY SPIRIT SO AS TO CHASE DEMOCRATICALLY CORRUPT LEADERS OUT OF THE BLACK CONTINENT TODAY:IT IS THE RIGHT TIME NOW TO CAST AWAY CORRUPT POLITIC SYSTEMS IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA NOWADAYS…
-(« REMINDER OF FACTS AND BASIS IN THE « IVORY COAST » (WEST AFRICA)!
IN A COUNTRY LIKE « IVORY COAST »( WEST AFRICA) CORRUPTION AND GREED HAVE REACHED THE HEIGHTS OF THE AFRICAN « KILIMADJARO » MOUNTAIN :IN CONSEQUENCE, THE ORDINARY CITIZENS ARE STRICKEN BY MISERY WHEN IVORY COAST KEEPS ON BEING LABELED AS ONE OF THE RICHEST NATIONS OF AFRICA BUT DEEPLY INDEBTED (IMF)! ANOTHER MAJOR REASON RESTS IN THE FACT THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, BEING A CLOSE ALLY TO THE IVORIAN REGIME LED BY « ALLASSANE OUATTARA », IS STILL BACKING HIM UP SMOOTHLY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS:DOWN THE LINE, OUR MAIN DUTY AS A RESPONSIBLE PRESS IS TO MAKE NEWS,LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY GROUNDED IN TRUE FACTS ,BECAUSE THE PRESS HAS A POWER BOTH AS A CATALYST IN THIS CURRENT IVORIAN POLITICAL SET-UP, WHERE MORE THAN (400) INNOCENT ACTIVISTS ARE STILL UNDERGROUND TODAY!THAT STILL PREYS ON THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN « IVORY COAST »(WEST AFRICA) NOWADAYS SINCE (APRIL 2011)…WAIT AND SEE!
(YVES T BOUAZO)(CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR)