A media expert, Mr Wale
Olayemi, has described the media as the only hope for the sustenance and
promotion of democracy in the country.
The expert said this on
Tuesday, 29/11/2016 in Osogbo that the display of professionalism in the
practice of journalism makes freedom of expression the good that helps the
people to benefit from other goods.
He emphasized the
fundamental obligation of the press to the advancement and survival of
democracy as a form of government.
He said the role of the
media in a democratic environment was akin to that of a Referee on the pitch,
who never partake in the game but moderate the activities of the players and
the spectators alike.
“The only way freedom of
expression in a democracy can serve as a good that brings about other goods is
by displaying high level of professionalism by media practitioners.
“They are expected to
play the role of neutrality and impartiality in the same vein a Referee
discharges his duty on the pitch.
“Of course, the
indispensability of the media contribution to the good of humanity continued to
play out in the level of attention given to victims of the humanitarian
catastrophe as a result of media coverage,’’ he stressed.
Olayemi added that the
new media accommodates amalgam of arm-chair journalists, its unique benefit of
speed and accuracy make it the best that has happened to the profession.
He enjoined journalists
to actively make use of the social media objectively to keep the general public
abreast of the happenings in the society.
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The News Guru
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