Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda (left) address journalists
(not in picture) at Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport
Acting Chief government spokesperson Fackson Shamenda has denied assertions suggesting that the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) still exerts political interference in the operations of the public media in the country.
This follows the latest observations by the Media Liaison Committee (MLC) which has suggested that all three public media, ZNBC, Times of Zambia and the Daily Mail are more inclined to giving coverage to the PF government than the opposition political parties.
Mr. Shamenda has however maintained that the PF government does not influence how the three public media institutions do their coverage of both the ruling party and the opposition.
Mr. Shamenda notes that the fact that ZNBC, Times of Zambia and Daily Mail have been perceived to be giving coverage to senior government officials more than they do to officials from the opposition, does not mean that ruling PF is being covered more than other political parties.
Mr. Shamenda has argued that the reason why the three media institutions may be observed to be giving more coverage to senior government officials, it is because government officials have a mandate to explain to the people the programs enshrined in the PF manifesto on which the country is being governed.
Mr. Shamenda adds that such a trend where public media institutions give more coverage to the government officials is not synonymous to Zambia alone as the public media in other countries such as the United States of America also do the same in terms of prioritizing coverage to the government.
Mr. Shamenda said this in an interview with Qfm.
Mr shAmenda pleaseee.
ba fack…..please you are a let down…very shameful why do you fire people from their work because they allowed hh to on their radio stations.
Very stupid human being. Its like saying people do not go to the toilet.
And yet you gladly influence the judiciary and the police to attain your dirty political objectives.
Mr Shamenda we are NOT as stupid as you.
yaba…
but kwena boss mulafaula.
kwati muleeba utwaice.
be serious naimwe.
Its sad they used to see and complain same thing when in opposition now in power they cant seem to see the same mistake…… what is it or there in running government that turns all real and good patriotic Zambians to into bad men/women once elected to power….I totally agree with the say “lelo chili panmunzako maba chili paliiwe”
Politicians! Always think the masses are so dull that they will not see through a bunch of lies. The complaints come from the journalists in the public media themselves. For one Shamenda spare us your lies.