₦airaland Forum

Senator Ben Murray Bruce, had something bitter for bloggers and media sites recently when he advised the President to be wary of news sites that have become a thorn in the flesh of governments at most levels. In his advice regarding the media regarding the media he blamed politicians who were greedy for leaking lies and half truths about themselves just to see the other outdone.

Senator Ben Bruce said "In the last 16 years of civil rule, Nigerians have witnessed the rise of online news sites that have become a thorn in the flesh of governments at all levels because of the sensitive news, half truths and down right lies they sensationally publish. Nothing has distracted Nigerian governments over the years as these news outlets."

The Senator also added, "They have also been assisted by print tabloids that call themselves news magazines but which publish sleaze instead of mainstream news. I can authoritatively state that much of the sensitive news that finds its way to these media emanate from competing ministers and infighting kitchen cabinet members struggling to outdo each other by secretly revealing embarrassing information about their colleagues to undermine their influence with the president.

"Where they have no dirty laundry to air against their colleagues, they cook up lies and half truths and these websites, hungry for Internet traffic, and their print media colleagues desperate to increase circulation and advertising, publish these stories without verification which are then swallowed by an unwitting public hook, line and sinker."

www.blackberrybabes.com/2015/10/senator-ben-murray-bruce-blasts.html

misplaced priorities. .. the bloggers and news sites aren't the problem with Nigeria.

the problem is all you corrupt politicians that loot public funds causing children to die of starvation and poor health care. the problem is bad roads, erratic electricity, poor educational system, corruption, abject poverty, unemployment, a dysfunctional legal system that oppresses the poor and basically everything other thing a developed society should have which we are in dire need of.

leave the bloggers alone...

trapQ:
misplaced priorities. .. the bloggers and news sites aren't the problem with Nigeria.

the problem is all you corrupt politicians that loot public funds causing children to die of starvation and poor health care. the problem is bad roads, erratic electricity, poor educational system, corruption, abject poverty, unemployment, a dysfunctional legal system that oppresses the poor and basically everything other thing a developed society should have which we are in dire need of.

leave the bloggers alone...

Tell them

Ok

This man seriously needs to shut up

okay

How exactly have news sites and blogs stopped politicians from stealing at every level?

If those sites instigated people into frequent riots, uprisings etc against the government, then that would have been a different story. However, none of that has happened (as far as I know).

The media is the number one tool to keep public officials worldwide on their toes, and that can never be taken away.

He better not let bloggers decend on him. Bloggers get mouth in this Internet age pass una old school days o. The Internet age came to reveal the lies you politicians pretend about using controlled media houses like all compromised TV, Radio and Newspaper outfits. So, how is it your problem that people blog to expose more of your currupt team?

Ofcourse some bloggers are liars, it's up to the government to track them and bring them to book, don't just blame the whole blogging act because they expose you and your team, or probably make people rely less on news from your privately owned media.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! O KA NI SHAN!! E PAIN AM!


more reason to triple our effort.

LOL...This man never see anything!

Now that Linda has increased the stakes of the blogging game?

Infact, you never see anything at all....who nor wan get house for banana?

ttwe

Story for the gods.

Where was he when AIT was releasing false video to tarnish PMB image?
He should also caution Daily Sun abbby na the sun newspaper and AIT.

one of the instrument of pressure group is media,so th media is here to stay,except Bruce wants our country to be like North Korea.



baba,face important issues,the media serves as a watch dog.

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Sure he's talk about scamnews or scannews .... Whatever they call themselves.....

Ok

Source: blackberrybabes ?
Lmao!!!

Ben go sleep, you misfire this time around

Bruce Ben, Or. Ben Bruce, I understand you,

Sahara reporters or Sharia reporters and their likes quickly come to mind.

The downward trend of Journalism in Nigeria is alarming, where we see headlines on National daily that has nothing to do with the content thereof but the gullible folks will just read the headlines and come to conclusion @ the "free readers" clubs around the nation.


A source, our source, anonymity, didn't want to be named told us, this and that.

Shame!



ThefakeStan

I AIN'T SEE NO BLASTING HERE.. HE'S JUST FREAKING SAYING WHAT'S HAPPENING NOWADAYS..

He is rather correct, the field has turned into a cesspit of lies and falsehoods pandered in a casual manner. There is no repercussion for libel and false accusations.

The Nigerian audience are now fixated and addicted to allegations and the insincerity of the blog-army

K

trapQ:
misplaced priorities. .. the bloggers and news sites aren't the problem with Nigeria.

the problem is all you corrupt politicians that loot public funds causing children to die of starvation and poor health care. the problem is bad roads, erratic electricity, poor educational system, corruption, abject poverty, unemployment, a dysfunctional legal system that oppresses the poor and basically everything other thing a developed society should have which we are in dire need of.

leave the bloggers alone...

People will react like this, when it's most convenient.

We have seen how these guys damage people's reputation daily. How they use political sentiments to permanently label some persons as thieves. It that not what you want.

Now test it with those you support and see how wrong it is.

Ok

superior1:
This man seriously needs to shut the Bleep up

i blame your foolishess