tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025289375133103284.post7097654290698062184..comments2023-07-04T14:49:06.956+01:00Comments on <i>daKappo</i>: AFRIKA: GETTING IT RIGHT?Kolukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04635805676701525012noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025289375133103284.post-36633314912825026282007-05-31T16:20:00.000+01:002007-05-31T16:20:00.000+01:00Benin: Thanks for your notes on my comment.Perhaps...Benin: <BR/>Thanks for your notes on my comment.<BR/>Perhaps I should clarify the point I was trying to make: what I mean by "a world where wrong almost always prevails" is literally the entire world, not particularly Africa, be it considered as a single unit, the sum of its parts or a mosaic. <BR/>Regardless of which side of the globalisation debate we are, there's no denying that the world is Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990946061674521876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025289375133103284.post-29795742207078215452007-05-31T02:37:00.000+01:002007-05-31T02:37:00.000+01:00Benin,You've certainly heard this before: "there a...Benin,<BR/><BR/>You've certainly heard this before: "there are three sides to every story: my own perspective, the other involved people's perspectives and the facts"!<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that the two perspectives presented here so far, mine and Nick's can be conciliated with the facts under discussion.<BR/><BR/>I would, however, be more severe in the appreciation of that article: to me it Kolukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635805676701525012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025289375133103284.post-27916873231674568162007-05-30T05:10:00.000+01:002007-05-30T05:10:00.000+01:00Deep and I think that it's a wonderful discussion....Deep and I think that it's a wonderful discussion. In life there are usaully more than two sides to every story. So I think that there is ample room for both questions that you Nick and Koluki ask.<BR/><BR/>The reason that I wrote that post is that to me the article was overly ambiguous. I mean, OK journalism should be unbiased, but even with that in mind most of the time when we hear a story Beninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587080351614226889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025289375133103284.post-80832344462189181792007-05-24T04:20:00.000+01:002007-05-24T04:20:00.000+01:00You're right, as (almost) always Nick. The issue t...You're right, as (almost) always Nick. The issue to me is, nevertheless, whether there is a point in questioning if Africa is "getting it right"... and I think there is!Kolukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635805676701525012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025289375133103284.post-79683698144018600932007-05-24T02:17:00.000+01:002007-05-24T02:17:00.000+01:00I think the issue here is about media reporting. N...I think the issue here is about media reporting. Not whether or not Africa is "getting it right". What can possibly be "right" in a world where "wrong" almost always prevails?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14990946061674521876noreply@blogger.com