POLITICISING THE MAKEREREAN NEWS PAPER WOULD BACK FIRE AT THE PLANNERS

All eyes will be on the new editorial board of the University students “news” paper, The makererean after it landed in the hands of lawyers.

This of course comes after the majority our right thinking honourable members of the 80^th students’ guild parliament overwhelmingly voted a one Mayambala Michel a student from law school as the Chief Editor to the newspaper.

I would therefore sound unwelcome if  I go on without congratulating the man with the mantle “to give directives to those who will be working on the paper,” I pray you have the best time as the Editor.

Reservations are therefore made to anyone who be offended by this article but please this is what I think comrades. Politicking around under the guise of wanting to win the elections even without the knowledge of what one does not know, I would refer to that one as applying what John Rawls refers to as the veil of Ignorance in his book A Theory Of Justice.  I therefore strongly hold that political reasoning is expected to cast a long shadow on the recovery of the paper, even as prospects of a swivel remain firm. 

Reference is made to the Bible in the book of Mark 12:17 “....render to Ceasar the things that are Ceasar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. In the same way, I have a feeling that there should be a demarcation on who does what or who should do the other.

Recently, a friend of mine in “that house” intimated to me that he was not happy with some of the decisions made by the big dog of the house. This was after he said the big dog had messed some ministries and gave them to people who were not in that line of duty (all in the name of pleasing his loyalists during the race).

From that background, I can categorically say that say that yes, no doubt anybody can write what appeals to them and they should have a right to think whatever they have written positions them to be editors. However, our honourable members, it is not true that anybody can be an editor. That is why a doctor cannot win law suit unless they hire lawyers. In other wards everyone has their areas of specialisation and I am made to believe that a journalism student would be the best candidate to suit the chief editor position for “news” paper.

I have learn't that these journalism students who have been approached to work towards the well being of the paper have turned down the offers claiming that they could not receive directives from someone who does not have the background in the paper.     

The argument is that this paper should have been given to a journalism student whose aim would be developing the paper as they would be more responsible since it falls under their jurisdiction.

I think they do not have a moral grounding to dictate on the editorial decisions when they don’t know them. The argument that may be some one can write and produce a magazine is rather obscure.

   To be quoted, I don’t support of lazy fellows who under the guise of offering Journalism and Mass communication claim they are all know and that no other person can manage to write. But trust me, here, I am talking about professionalism and working ethically.