Government Journalists also under attack

Written on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 12:30 pm by ethioforum

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11 Responses to “Government Journalists also under attack”

1. Nadew Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 12:57 pm

   በናታችሁ በዋልታ ዊብሳይት ላይ ስለኢርትራ የጋዘጠኞች ወከባ የተጻፈውን አንብቡት ቂቂቂቂቂቂቂቂቂቂቂቂቂ

2. adugna Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

   “Government Journalists also under attack”. Huh, huh…Pleas do not fool me. The Goverment’s agent that is how they work.

3. Yeshe Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

   My brother is a professional journalist in Ethioipa, but he never had no problem, the reason is he always acts as journalists some hidden agent involve in unlwaful criminal activities. The only problem i have with him is he does not make no enough money as other journaists in the America and Canada do.

4. Zarika Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

   I miss the point Yeshi. What are trying to say? There are journalists in America who make as much as a street sweeping worker or much more than Barack Obama. It all depends. If you are a nice person who cares about your sibling, you support your poor journalist brother financially as he is not making enough money to support himself in Ethiopia.
   If you drink one less coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts and then send the money to him that sould cover his daily expense.
   That is not asking too much from you, is it?

5. Wasew Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

   Yeshe,
   Let me guss then, the reason why your brother does not have a probleme is may be he is a yes man and he will do whatever the ruling junta ordered him to do. Simply he is one of the hodams who will go as far as killing his own brother to accumulate wealth and work with the shiftas.

6. Abeyu Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

   He was the professional journalist. it shows that we have not a Good Government.

7. Sam Says:
   December 9th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

   Prior to and during the 2005 election the headline of the above news might ring true. Not any more. Immediately following the 2005 election, the EPDRF government went overdrive to clean up dissent wherever the clean-up crew assumed of existing. There are some journalists who regrouped, like Addis Neger, and persisted far beyond the government imagined they would. Government journalists who still get their pay from the government, however, the way I see it, are busy outshining one another. The more they trash down opposition politicians and echo EPDRF’s slogan the better their chance of hanging in there. Being unemployed is one of the scariest thing in Ethiopia. The chance of a journalist who was booted out because of government decision to land on another job might require a miracle. While I do not deny there might be journalists who were in government payroll who received government warning until 2005, I could not say those types of journalists are still working for the government runs media. It is almost inconceivable to imagine EPDRF allows anyone except devoted members of EPDRF to work in the media. That is why I believe the headline is misleading. It might portrays, unknowingly perhaps, that EPDRF still values contrary ideas. No this is a government that shames even most of the dictators the world has known. I see frankly a little difference between Meles and Kim Il Sung of North Korea. The journalists who are working for the media today that the government runs are busy to outshine WALTA. It is almost impossible though to imagine of any journalist ot group of journalists surpassing WALTA in selling propaganda.One could argue the guys have no choice they might behave as requested of them. I do not say they have a choice of being critical of the government politics and policy. What I am saying is they have a choice not to be a journalist, and seek another type of employment. The recent journalists which EPDRF created to serve the regime are joining the propaganda machine because they choose so. Hardly do I expect anyone of them fleeing the country.

8. Alemayehu Says:
   December 10th, 2009 at 12:27 am

   ለመሆኑ የመንግስት ጋዜጠኞች ከወያኔ ጋር አብረው ሲያጨበጭቡ ከርመው በታማኝነታቸው ወደውጪ ሲላኩ የግል ፍላጐታቸውን ለማርካት ሲሉ በዛው የጠፉ ናቸው።መስዋትነት ከከፈሉ የነጻው ፕሬስ አባላት ጋር በጣምራ ማውጣቱ የጻሐፊውን ደካማነት ከማሳየቱም ባሻገር ሌሎች በከፈሉት የፕሬስ አባላት ስም እንደመነገድ ይቆጠራል።

9. Eshetu Says:
   December 10th, 2009 at 1:40 am

   Ms. Yeshe,

   I disagree with you, because my brother`s friend who happen to be a journalist in Ethiopia was arrested once for four days and then released withy bond for misreporting…., the person i am talking about is seventh grade dropout and happen to be self declared journalist, and it is true most Ethiopians journalists might not be educated professionals in their fields but still the Ethiopian government should respect them,encourage them and educate them instead of arresting them.

10. Wane Wane Says:
    December 10th, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Yeshe

    YOU ARE A LIER OR YOUR BROTHER IS WORKING FOR REPORTER OR FORTUNE OR LIKE THE PREVIOUS COMMENT HE ACCEPTS ALL WHAT
    IS TOLD TO DO (NEO SLAVE )

    Eshetu

    woyanne assigned journalists are trained security as of foreign diplomat workers mostly former tegadalays only either to inform simon bereket or sium mesfin and the chain goes direct to zenawi (politics ala woyanne)

11. LegeseZenawi Says:
    December 10th, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Have we ever had so many journalists? Why is it then always only one or two journalists come to interview us? They must have been irresponsible and incompetent professionals.