Journalists are supposed to report objectively. Your love or hatred for whoever is the subject of your report should not under any circumstances cloud your objectivity.
On 2/2/09, morgan phaahla <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was humbled by a tone of Dumisani Hlophe's an open letter to Jonathan > Shapiro - "Zuma asked, and deserves forgiveness" (Sowetan, January 30). > Until Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya, without any appreciation of Hlophe's plea, > smuggled his personal view to contradict the value system of this paper with > claims that "We're free to love or hate as we please" (February 2). I doubt > if this view is shared by other practitioners in the media fraternity. > > Ironically, on this day the paper quoted a verse from the bible on its > words of faith section which read: 'Dear friends, let us love one another, > for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows > God.' (1 John 4:7). Yet Moya tells readers that as journalists they are > allowed to exercise their own hatred towards others. That's absurd and not > nation building. > > In fact, hatred is a personal choice which can be abused if not exercised > within ethical and professional limits. Much as journalists are allowed to > exercise their own freedom of expression, it's expected that their first > obligation is to their personal conscience and care about others. > > Moya is within his right to hate others but he must be alert to the fact > that as long as he sojourns on this earth he shall always be vulnerable to > personal sin, and he must be ready to confess it whenever he become > entangled in the "sin which so easily besets us." And we will forgive > him like we forgive those that trespass against us. Martin Luther King once > said "Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes > him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to > confuse the true with the false and the false with the true." Heaven knows > we need never be ashamed of our mistakes. - Morgan Phaahla, Ekurhuleni > > > > > > > > > -- Sibusiso Mimi "No one is in charge of your happiness except you" UNKNOWN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
