Friday Olokor, Abuja
The Federal Government has berated US-based Cable News Network for its coverage of the #EndSARS protest in Lekki area of Lagos saying “CNN breached the most basic of the core principles of journalism – balance and fairness.”

The goverment also demanded “an immediate and exhaustive investigation from CNN into its ‘investigative’ report on the Lekki Toll Gate incident to determine, among others, its authenticity.”

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in his letter to Jonathan Hawkins, VP (Communications) in CNN Centre Atlanta, Georgia.

The letter dated November 23 2020 entitled ‘Re: How a bloody night of bullets quashed a young protest movement’, was obtained by THE PUNCH in Abuja on Monday.

The letter reads, “Our attention has been drawn to an ‘investigation’ by CNN, entitled ‘How a Bloody Night of Bullets Quashed a Young Protest Movement’ and aired on 18 Nov. 2020, in which the international news organization said it had ”uncovered that Nigerian security forces opened fire on unarmed protesters” at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Nigeria, during the #EndSARS protest.

“We write to put on record that the report did not just fall short of journalistic standards, it reinforces the disinformation that is going around on the issue, it is blatantly irresponsible and it is a poor piece of journalistic work by a reputable international news organization.

“In the first instance, the report did not live up to the most basic of the core principles of journalism – balance and fairness. According to the website www.ethics.journalists.org, ”balance and fairness are classic buzzwords of journalism ethics: In objective journalism, stories must be balanced in the sense of attempting to present all sides of a story. Fairness means that a journalist should strive for accuracy and truth in reporting, and not slant a story so a reader draws the reporter’s desired conclusion.”

https://punchng.com/fg-petitions-cnn-over-lekki-shootings-report/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1606154996

Febuhari

Which simply means that the government knows the implications of such action

Leki lies still dey on...booommm Gowon stole half of central bank don land...

Ever8090:
Leki lies still dey on...booommm Gowon stole half of central bank don land...

That one is a beer parlour talk naaah

sammy329:
That one is a beer parlour talk naaah

which one be beer parlour talk?...

Mr petitioner.. Your case is still @ d Uk parliament ohhh.. we haven't even started talking about ICC... And the fight that will soon start, if this hunger doesn't end anytime soon...

Ever8090:
which one be beer parlour talk?...

I'm still surprised people could believe that fallacy that Gowon's stole half of CBN.

Because a white man says it doesn't makes it true, there are stupid white men

MajesticKris:
Mr petitioner.. Your case is still @ d Uk parliament ohhh.. we haven't even started talking about ICC... And the fight that will soon start, if this hunger doesn't end anytime soon...

Which evidence are you going to present to ICC.

The ICC doesn't run on emotions oo.

Ever8090:
Leki lies still dey on...booommm Gowon stole half of central bank don land...

Lol