I know this is a sensitive topic and I have absolutely nothing positive to say about the man or his regime but it does trouble me that ALL media coverage is so overwhelmingly negative.

I've not read one single word in support of him.

Perhaps he IS a monster but I really do not trust the honesty or integrity of the media.

The overwhelming moral code is - IS IT A GOOD STORY?

the British media are all banned from Zimbabwe so they have to get everything secondhand

You're right though, someone so "terrible" wouldn't really have stayed in power for so long surely ?

mikemacca wrote:
the British media are all banned from Zimbabwe so they have to get everything secondhand

You're right though, someone so "terrible" wouldn't really have stayed in power for so long surely ?


Stalin managed quite well.

I think JK has a very valid point. He must do some good or somebody would have got to him by now.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7467990.stm

Shameful...

Yes but is it Pete?
I really don't trust the media, especially when they are 100% unanimous and agree 100% with our Government.

I really do wonder what we are not being told.

I'm sorry but I take issue with this thread and JK's original post.

for the uninitiated, Mugabe was heralded as a hero when he helped bring the colonial rule of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to an end. This was quite possibly justifiable praise, and many Southern African leaders have stood by him (or at least not opposed him) because of his past.

But his past is not the issue.

The issue is what he is doing now, which is quite appalling.

JK, I like Vile Pervert and agree with the arguments you make in it, but just because you were vilified in the press, does not make anyone else's wrongdoing untrue just because it is reported in the press.

I agree with you David; but it still worries me when the entire media is singing one song.

yes I do agree JK that the press, once it feels it's onto a story will only see one side of it.

However, what would you say if a modern day Hitler rose up and the media latched onto the story of the Concentration Camps (I've been to Auschwitz twice and beleive me it's not nice)... would you then argue that he in his youth in Vienna he actually painted quite nice pictures and consequently cannot be condemned in the press?

sorry, that was a bit of a rant lol

Mugabe summoned his chief croney Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, minister for information. "I know you spread jokes about me behind my back, Sikhanyiso. It's impertinent."
"Why?"
"I am the Great Leader, Teacher, and Friend of the people."
"No, I've not told anybody this joke."

lol that was funny!

on a more serious and positive note, Nelson Mandela has finally spoken out against Mugabe, even after promising to never speak on politics again.

Bravo, Mandela and Happy 90th!