Momodou Njie, Both Tiny Rowlands and Robert Maxwell have passed away, but their families still own or have majority shares in some of these powerful media groups. By the way, I received the following piece from Matarr Njie, and I am posting it for your (Gambia L members) perusal. Cheers!! Ebrima Ceesay, Birmingham, UK. >From: "matarr njie" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >CC: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Amadou Samba buys the Daily Observer >Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 20:53:01 PDT > >Ebrima Ceesay, > >I am not surprise that you are speculating and engaging your mischivous >mind on fruitless ventures once again ! If Samba is close to President >Jammeh, as you alleged, what is the deal since Samba has declared from the >onset that the editorial independence of the Observer will be maintained ? >By the way, a newspaper's credibility is not only maintained because it is >critical of a government. Rather, credibility of a newspaper comes from >reporting facts, I mean facts, and not speculation, and one of your >trademarks, as is now well established, is misreporting and misquoting ! > >As I said earlier, this bantaba cannot be used as a propaganda tool to >spread your lies and biased reporting about the Gambia. We are here to >ensure that this does not happen. In fact, as I promised Katim Touray, I >have been in touch with the St John's University informing them of the >subversive nature of this discussion group, and I have been asked to >provide evidence. I am glad that you have now given me the ginpowder ! >Thank you. > >Regards, >Matarr. > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------