The Bisibee with Bisi Olawunmi

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It is a standard refrain to attribute virtually all sundry ills of society to Nigerian journalists. Media practitioners have not helped matters by straying from the path of Straight News Reporting and veering into Interpretative Reporting that is often based on limited background information. Many journalists also lack the necessary rigour associated with researching a story. Even where journalists show evidence of research, the news reports are often tainted with partisanship that diminishes the efforts put into getting the story.

If action speaks louder than words, it ought to follow that inaction speaks louder than silence—and it does. Which is why the actions of President Goodluck Jonathan are so loud we can’t hear what he is saying; and, to make matters worse, his words often don’t mean anything; or, when they do, they contradict what he should have wanted to mean.