The week provided ample evidence that the recent changes and restructuring in the government-controlled media engineered by the Ministry of Information are now paying dividends. The two main media institutions, Zimbabwe Newspapers and ZBC, have now become dedicated, professional and efficient propaganda machines for the government, manipulating the news in favour of the ruling party at the expense of the truth. There can no longer be any question that the constant stream of coordinated misinf...read more
The week provided ample evidence that the recent changes and restructuring in the government-controlled media engineered by the Ministry of Information are now paying dividends. The two main media institutions, Zimbabwe Newspapers and ZBC, have now become dedicated, professional and efficient propaganda machines for the government, manipulating the news in favour of the ruling party at the expense of the truth. There can no longer be any question that the constant stream of coordinated misinformation being disseminated by these two organizations is a grave and extreme abuse of journalistic standards.