Faten, I find your article interesting, but not necessary accurate. The role journalists play into our modern digital world is not only to dessiminate information, but predominately advocasy. It used to be dessiminating information until the media became liberized - That is anybody can become a journalist or write a web blog.

The notion that Franco-countries are the problem is totally rubbish!!! Pay for publicity started in UK tabloid and then moved to the major CNN and BBC media houses. They all actively pay for publicity. Your observation about NGO's paying for stories is disturbing to a large extent. But, you did not mention that most NGO in Africa are Europeans with an agenda. The African native NGO's are the ones who are struggling to get published. You also forgot the white anglos in Southern Africa and their money "powered" NGO's. They are paying for publicity. Zimbabwe is a good example of white anglo NGOs who for the most part have been writing rubbish and misinformation about Zimbabwe.

What you termed an African problem is real not an African problem, but it shows how expensive it is to get published in today's society. The worst offends are mainly Europeans and Americans, not a small relatively poor African politician in Franco-African countries. I'm not convinced your article say anything about NGOs or gov't bought publicity that we do not know about.The CIA admitted in the senate hearing that they use journalists if necessary to create favorable conditions for USA national interests. that's the reason why some American journalists have been kicked out by African Gov'ts. You did not elaborate about white anglo sponsored NGO's in Africa, especially NGO's sponsoring so-called "good governance". Most of them a just a front for western gov'ts. Africans wake up, about "junk" journalism that preys on emotions!!

Phiri:

My sentiments exactly. We need to create a course on discernment for the African youths of this generation.

The Anglo establishment is just to well connected to our young people through overseas English training etc. It is all part of their brainwashing the African about their real intentions towards us. Good one.