AllGambian editorial board,
                           NO SURRENDER TO A SELL OUT!

thanks and appreciation to the excellent report on
Daily Observer and its new management.
I was amazed to find the daily observer functioning as
a propaganda tool for the APRC corrupt regime, and
giving and aid and comfort to them in their nefarious
work of terror and assasination of innocent Gambians.
 It is a colossal ignorance that Sarja Taal a former
APRC Bureau secretary is trying to dispute that Jammeh
controls and direct the way and manner the Daily
Observer is being run.
  Sarja Taal should know that he cannot dictate any
patriotic reporter for his selfish end, because the
reporters know that Jammeh will go some day but Gambia
will remain.
 Finally, branding the AllGambian newspaper
institution as "bend on destabilizing the country"
does not make any sense and is an outrageous
statement.
Keep up the good work.

Mballow
NY


--- Pa Nderry M'bai <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> NEWS
> New Observer Management Take Issue with AllGambian
> Editors
> By AG
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> October 14, 2005
> The Daily Observer new management in Banjul is at
> logger heads with The US
> based ALLGAMBIAN online Newspaper editorial board,
> as the paper's
> management branded our news medium as an institution
> "which comprises of
> self exiled Gambians bent on destabilising our
> country." In a protest
> letter sent to ALLGAMBIAN'S Editor-in-Chief Pa
> Nderry M'Bai and the
> paper's proprietor Baboucarr Ceesay, the Observer
> management under the
> leadership of Dr. Saja Taal bitterly complained
> about our recent lead
> story captioned "NEW OBSERVER MD LINE UP SOME
> STAFFERS TO BE FIRED."
>
> The Observer management maintained that the said
> piece was baseless,
> libelous and a well calculated to tarnish the
> reputable name of the
> Observer Company and its managing director.
>
> Below is the unedited Observer reaction letter to
> our recent lead story on
> Dr. Taal's moves to send some journalists packing.
> In addition, you will
> also find our reaction to Observer management's
> erroneous and misleading
> judgement on our recent story on Dr. Taal. Please
> read on...
>
> [BEGINS]
> Flabbergasted
> Our attention is drawn to your last Monday lead
> story captioned: NEW
> OBSERVER MD LINE UP SOME STAFFERS TO BE FIRED,
> authored by your editor, Pa
> Nderry M'bai. The management and staff of the Daily
> Observer wish to state
> that no staff is being targeted for sacking by our
> new MD, Dr Saja Taal.
>
> The story is completely baseless, libellous and a
> well calculated move by
> your Rubbish Editor, Mr M'bai to tarnish the
> reputable name of the
> Observer Company and its managing director. It is a
> cardinal rule in
> journalism that journalists should write nothing but
> the truth and Mr
> M'bai's piece is a violation of the ethics of our
> noble profession.
>
> Mr M'bai's grudge against the Observer Company is
> known to every Gambian
> since his sacking from the newspaper and we want him
> to know that his
> unwarranted criticisms and blatant lies against the
> Observer will not in
> any way deter us from writing nothing but the truth.
> It is our duty to
> educate Gambians and non Gambians alike and the
> continuous publication
> false and libellous materials against us will in
> fact make us stronger.
>
> We are reputable institution respected by all right
> thinking Gambians and
> if you hate us for being the most independent and
> credible paper in The
> Gambia, the so be it.
>
> Let us inform Pa Nderry that Dr Taal never made
> mention of sacking any one
> during the meeting he has with the reporters and
> editors of the paper. The
> said meeting was only aimed at introducing him and
> Mam Sait Ceesay, our
> new editor-in-chief to our team of reporters. And
> all what Dr Taal told
> the reporters and editors is that, he was not
> appointed to dictate them or
> interfere with the editorial policy of the paper. He
> informed them of his
> plans to upgrade their writings as well as provide
> incentives and
> equipment to enable them perform their work as
> professional journalists
> who would be the envy of all Gambians.
>
> Therefore, Mr M'bai's statement that Dr Taal
> resigned from his University
> job to correct a rotten editorial system at the
> Observer" is nothing but
> RUBBISH. As far as we at the observer are concern,
> the Daily Observer has
> the best editorial policy and with the help of Mam
> Sait and Dr Saja Taal
> we will continue to shine and shine.
>
> As mature people, we would desist from launching a
> personal attack on your
> institution which comprises of self exiled Gambians
> bent of destabilising
> our country. In conclusion, we wish to inform Mr
> M'bai that we are ready
> to defend our integrity at all time should he
> continue to make nonsense
> statements against the Daily Observer.
> Chi Jama
> [ENDS]
>
> Editor's note:
> If reporting the truth tantamount to being an enemy
> of The Gambia, then go
> ahead and brand us as such. We are more patriotic
> than any of you, bent on
> aiding and abetting dictator President Yahya Jammeh,
> who is hell bent on
> undermining the fabric of society in The Gambia.
> Posterity will certainly
> judge you bunch of bureaucratic liars and cheque
> book journalists. There
> is no turning back in our crusade to expose Yahya
> Jammeh and his allies.
>
> It is erroneous to jump into conclusion that the
> said piece was authored
> by my very self Pa Nderry M'Bai. There is no grain
> of truth in such
> speculating assertions. Just to inform you that the
> said piece was sent by
> one of our committed correspondent in The Gambia,
> who happens to be close
> enough to The Observer. We have no intention to
> expose our correspondent,
> but in view of your malicious reaction, we thought
> it necessary to set the
> records straight.
>
> Editors all over the world reserves the right to
> keep the identities of
> their correspondents working under hostile media
> environments, especially
> in countries such as The Gambia. Our correspondent
> is a patriotic Gambian
> journalist, who felt that such a story, which
> appeared to be an attack on
> media freedom should not be censored. Consequently
> he decided to send us
> the piece.
>
> We have no cause to doubt our correspondent, who is
> privy of the details
> of the said meeting between Dr. Saja Taal and the
> Observer editorial
> staff. Our duty as a responsible media institution
> is to double check the
> story and publish it. That is exactly what we did.
>
> The ALLGAMBIAN will accept stories offered to us by
> local journalists in
> The Gambia and we wouldn't hesitate to publish such
> stories. We have been
> vindicated, since you confirmed in your misplaced
> and empty letter that
> such a meeting between Dr. Taal and Observer
> editorial staff did
> transpired. We expect the Observer management to be
> decent and address the
> issues.
>
> We can bet that Observer will not publish a letter
> from The ALLGAMBIAN,
> not to talk of publishing divergent views critical
> of the Jammeh
> government. This has been confirmed by recent
> complaints we received from
> Gambians residing abroad that opinion letters sent
> to the Observer were
> censored for unexplained reasons. The ALLGAMBIAN
> being a true media
> institution committed to empowering our readers,
> resorted to publishing
> such letters perceived to be critical of the Jammeh
> government.
>
> On the issue of my sacking from the Daily Observer,
> I still maintain that
>
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