Institute for War & Peace Reporting (London)
1 August 2008
Journalists in Zimbabwe are seething with anger at a blanket ban on negotiators talking to the media while talks are under way between President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, MDC.
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Oh...come on, IWPR complaining about a media black out in Zimbabwe, while using a pseudonym name to write the article! I see a huge contradiction and the usual British anglo double standards. If IWPR is serious about openness, they should use real names for their articles.
Pseudonym names are bad for journalism, because they are typically agenda driven, not necessary a search for the truth.
What do you think of media outlets that use pseudonym names?
Should a respectable British institution like IWPR be allowed to air their Zimbabwean propaganda without stating the journalist name?