Nigeria: Media Round Table needed to establish editorial standards
Tunde Oladunjoye, Executive Editor of the Centre for Media Education and Networking in Lagos, says Nigerian editors are motivated not by the desire to tell readers the truth, but by sectional, tribal, economic, political and religious interests. Some politicians and office-holders are even starting their own newspapers, he reports, in order to advance their careers. To solve this problem, Oladunjoye proposes a Media Round Table, “which would consist of professionals from the media, public relations and advertising industries, would meet regularly to examine media contents and quality, identify, commend and recommend good reportage that promotes professional and ethical standards by practitioners; expose and condemn unethical practices and report to appropriate authorities for sanctions, if need be; and look at other relevant issues to be agreed upon by members.” Sounds like self-regulation. Or Press Council process.
Source: AllAfrica.com
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