Cocorioko Newspaper, Where is Thou Mercy? Part # 3

Due to my previous two blogs: Cocorioko Newspaper,Where Is Thou Mercy"?, I've heard some few comments or shakes. I want to get one simple thing straight first: I have no problems with anyone or I'm not opposing anyone writings, but I'm blogging about what's interest me and what I saw as shameful journalism, and above all, I just want the Lovely people of the Motherland to be able to say or express there ideas or views without any one in the media shutting them down.

With that said: Let's go to part # 3.

I think someone forwarded or pasted one of my blogs at the Cocorioko forum and I was told Cocorioko deletes it right out. I'm not too surprised, but is that fair journalism or a total dictatorship? Anyway, it's Cocorioko websites, they have all the right to do what's important to them.

Again, let me say this one more time: I do not belong to any political party, nor a supporter of anyone, but a Sierra Leonean like anyone of you reading this blog right now.

There's no perfect society, nor a perfect human, but let's learn to listen and disagrees with each other in a human way. Using the media to blast someone who you disagrees with is wrong,childish, low blows and backward.

I read few Sierra Leone Newspapers daily and I will express my view about each and everyone if they jumps the line, not all of us have the time or means to do so, but for us who can, let's raise up and say something.

I am not Alpha Saidu Bangura, despite we might all disagrees with him on the way he sees life's or think, but the time we put in to abuses each other on the media, we can use it for better and productive things. Sierra Leone needs new ideas and she need us in the diaspora to show some sort of leadership or maturity for GOD sake.

Many wonderful Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora are facing hard times right now due to the economy crisis:Houses, Cars and even there day to day living is hard. Can we bring in people who knows more about how to turn the economy around and get advices. Help the people to know what can be done for them or there rights or places of help.

No one can tell any media what to write or say, but where is common sense here? Where is the News or Information's that might be beneficial to the World wide readers?

Where are the people of GOD? Well, may be who claim they are the people of GOD.

It's always wonderful to read about news from home, whither good or bad, but is not good when we're tearing up each other here just because of our political parties or because one makes more than the other or just a simple show-off. And going so low as telling someone how they looks, Wow, where is the Mirror? I will watch myself first before I tell you how ugly one looks.

Yes, we lives in a different World as many will say, but that's not the key to mislead others or be arrogant to others because you can write and publish News to the World. And yes, some of us needs to be fixed-up in some way, but again, too many beating on your weak opponents is total Human abuse.

Let our journalists grows up, this tribal or society differences is one of the major mess that put our country backward.

There are lot of talented Sierra Leoneans here, we need there positive contributions to our society, the jib jab of one opponents is crazy and sooner or later we will be blind with the Moses law.

Cocorioko Newspaper, Where is Thou Mercy? Part 2

One don't have to be partisan's to disagrees or express one views, Freedom of expression or speech is a GOD giving rights to all Mankind, whither poor or rich, colored or fade, APC or SLPP. At the same time, respect to each other is a must to all regardless of WHAT.

As I stated in one of my previous blogs, I'm still a big fan of all Sierra Leone Newspapers, Cocorioko is one of them.

I am a Blogger or I might be a News addicts or whatever someone might calls me. As such, I don't criticizes or pass judgments on anyone views, but if there are things that's going way too far on the negative side, one have to make some points across, may be it might makes one wake up or just a fair shake.

Cocorioko article's: "That Dream Team Hoax". 02/02/2009.

It's a wonderful thing and a blessing for all Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora and well wishers of our Mother land to read, see and engaged about the day to day events in the Country.

Cocorioko Newspaper is doing the job of journalism's or lip services for whatever political party it may supports, great thing to do until insults and partiality becomes the norm of the paper.

The article quoted above: Was a bit childish and mimicking of this great Newspaper:The names calling, the stone throwing, laughing at an opponent looks,so on, using the words: twists mouth.

One thing I wants to get across on the quick before writing further is: GOD creates us all in different forms and shapes. Cocorioko don't have to laugh at others looks, they just have to look at Cocorioko,(If you live in a glass house, you don't throw a stone). Lot to laugh there, don't they?

Well, let's move from there: Cocorioko might be right to be the APC flag bearer. I am not affiliated to any party or society. But I am a proud Sierra Leonean like each and everyone of you reading this article now. We can talk about how SLPP destroy our Mother land, but truth be told: How long did SLPP rules Sierra Leone since her Independents from our Colonial Masters?

I grew up under Siaka Steven regimes, was Siaka Steven head of SLPP? Ops, I think I'm wrong. I talked to few real people about our Home land politics, I came out with the ideas that: APC has ruled the country much longer than SLPP(Correct me pls. if I'm wrong).

But that's not the big story here,if we wants to point a finger at others mess, what about the remain four fingers that's pointing back at you?

Like the song goes"Sarra Lone Na We All Yone,Na We Sef Go Make Sarra Lone".

Cocorioko and all other Sierra Leone Newspapers on the Internet can do much more better for it's readers: The whole World is going through one of the great financial crisis and the light at the end of the tunnel is not so clear, many Sierra Leoneans are losing there houses, cars, some can't even have the means to sustain there family here, nor back at home, times are hard.

I recommends that all those who are going after each other and say things about how they looks or what they learn or have, to put that in good use. Let's writes about how we can survive this current condition, where to turn for help, banks that can help us, investments that can turn things around, how we can protect our children from drugs, jail and abuse in any forms or sizes.

Let's change the negative tunes to a semi-positive or productive melodies. Yes we can do it Sierra Leone Newspapers.
"A house divided amongst itself can not stand" A.Lincoln.

Sierra Leoneans are well talented people, we can use our talents to help each other, not to break us down or make us looks like fools.
Each and everyone of us have lot to learn from life and this great nation we find ourselves.

I'm not opposing the little rumbles we encounters between each other, but can we just do something better than using the Newspapers to go after someone you disagrees with?

I don't thing the Moses law will be a good thing to do, because in the end, we all will be blind.

Let's have an open debates and use our ideas to help, not to bully the powerless Sir. Long Live Sierra Leone.

Cocorioko Newspaper, Where is Thou Mercy?

Cocorioko, Thanks for taking back the article you posted last evening about Alpha Saidu Bangura, I was fortunate enough to read it and forward it to myself.
I am a daily reader of your World renowned newspaper(Cocorioko.net) and I think you and your staffs are doing the best job to educates and inform us about the day to day affairs of our Mother land: Sierra Leone.

Your article last evening about Alpha Saidu Bangura was a bit on the negative and unwise side of what I was and always expects from your newspaper, I am not a relatives or friend or supporter of Alpha Saidu Bangura, I know that he's a bit troublesome guy, I know that he can push his luck more than he needs to,I also know that he can bites more than he can chew, he can talk as if he owns the World, but your article about him is untrue, unfair and lot of pork on it.

To say that he's a CON-ARTIST, A FRAUD STAR, A CRIMINAL, A SCAM-MAN and so on, those words are untrue and you or whoever wrote that article knew well that's big lies.

I'm not saying that Alpha Saidu Bangura is 100% clean of a guy (morals,etc), he might have his bad sides with him, but just like everyone of us, we have some skeleton in our closets. Every man or woman have something negatives in there life's or family life's, but your newspaper have no right to make false allegation against someone because he opposed your political party. Both political parties has done more harm than good for Sierra Leone, we've seen the worst from APC and SLPP, But since our country independents to Siaka Steven era, things has gone down the drain till now, I'm not saying say it is good now, But APC is under the spots light and the whole World is looking. During President Kabba era, there is no accountability's, now there is about 5% accountability, during Kabbaa era there are no electricity, now there is 11% of lights, despite the water is also another big crisis, but things are now looking promising than before.

95% of Africa governments are all corrupts and mismanaged. But if we as Sierra Loeneans comes together and put more pressures for good governments, we might see some major changes before the next general elections.

"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it." Abraham Lincoln***

Yes, it's true that Alpha Saidu is a so-called SLPP supporters or stewards, but we've learned to accepts each other as human and not for the party you belongs to.

Cocorioko, if we have to use our Newspaper's to blaspheme someone you disagrees with or have a Miss-understanding with, then we're putting the media to the lowest standard. And with the current information technology World we live in now(Blogs,Forums,etc), we can be nasty to each other, but the end of it all is craziness. I pray we don't go that far and that low.

"I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion
without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the
accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him." Abraham Lincoln**

Mr. Rev. Kabs-Kanu, you're a man of GOD as I heard, you're a respectable man and a good model for Sierra Leoneans. But when the only way your most respectable newspaper is used to propaganda lies about a fellow Sierra Leonean, one have to call you into account and brings the truth into lights. The truth might be hard to accepts or recognized, but everyone have there right to accept what the truth means to them because no one have the right to judge or condemned anyone because they dislikes each other or can't see eye to eye.

Cocorioko, I remembered last year when you and Awarenesstimes newspaper(One of the most respectful Newspaper) puts on your boxing gloves for weeks, exchanging insults upon insults, abusing Moms and going way down the line of nastiness, and all of a sudden, you both realized that this is simple non-sense and you guys make it up again. What a way to learn and realized that we can be human despite we disagrees on our politics, faith, tribes, intellectual, opinion and so on.

As a Sierra Leonean, we have more pressing needs or demands from each other than insulting each other, our Country has came out of the most brutal war in Africa history, our country is under-developed and we have to help our country in order for Sierra Leone to succeed again. Going after each other on the negative tunes will not build us or produce any good fruits. We owed it to each and everyone to help improves Sierra Leone in a a positive ways. With this I hope we can learn to accept each other. I'm not taking anyone side here, I'm just been real. Let's be civil.

"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds." Abraham Lincoln.***