Abdoulie, what's more pathetic, is the fact that Max's tel. ## and email
address were listed below the narrative they stole, and they still did not
have the decency to contact him.  This was done with reckless disregard of
the truth and for their readers.  They knew that we would see their criminal
behavior, for the same medium they stole the article from - the web, is the
same medium they posted their shameless act.  This is a wake-up call for all
of us regarding this tabloid.  I shall send a letter to their editorial
board for them to apologize to Max and their readership.  This is
unbelievable.

Chi Jaama

Joe sambou






>From: Abdoulie Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Shame on the Gambian Daily Observer
>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:54:18 -0500
>
>Folks,
>
>As I was reading through today's issue of the daily observer, I ran across
>an article that was very disturbing to me. The daily observer directly
>curled Max Njie's story on the issue of the Gambians that were arrested in
>Kentucky and pasted it in their front page. This is disturbing for several
>reasons.
>
>First and foremost, the observer did not demonstrate any level of
>professionalism by failing to inform their readers of the true source of
>the story. To have fine prints that read "posted on the web" is misleading
>and serves only the sole purpose of hiding behind their hideous agenda. To
>take a story that was written by somebody, surely without their consent,
>and paste it as a front cover story on a leading newspaper like the
>observer is itself unethi
>cal.
>
>The ignorant nature by which their so-called journalist render their
>services is demonstrated by some of the misinformation that was included in
>the story. To my knowledge those Gambians arrested were residents of
>Lexington and not Madison as reported by the observer. Again they failed
>their readers by not conducting any behind the scenes research to boost
>their story but instead relied solely on one that was posted on the web.
>
>We've known long time ago that the observer is nothing but a state
>propaganda machine aimed at shifting away the real debate of the terrible
>state of the country from the gambian masses. If anything, there is much to
>report on local issues than haunting a story that is in it's incubating
>stage. But be well assured, you'll fail in your quest and you'll be sorry
>that you streamlined yourself with this destructive and myopic government.
>Time and only time will tell.
>
>-- Abdou
>lie Jallow
>
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