WHILE every organisation has rules for engaging with the media and its publics, the media has no obligation to be bound by any organisation's policies when it comes to reporting issues that are in the interest of the public, media experts say. The media should report such issues without fear or favour, irrespective of which organisation is involved. The media's primary role is to be a watchdog of society and that entails reporting on and putting under the scrutiny both public and private entities, for the general good of the public, the experts said.
The media experts' comments come as Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has expressed concern that "all deliberations of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange board were leaked to the press in breach of provisions of the Listing Requirements that regulate the release of share price sensitive information".
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