Biased information spreads like a virus, it’s toxic, mutates, infects and is potentially life threatening! It is implicated in some of the worst atrocities in human history from the Holocaust to the Rwandan Genocide. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Media’
Genocide and the spread of biased information
Posted: November 6, 2011 in AnalysisTags: genocide, Information, Media, Rwanda
UK police duped on assassination allegations
Posted: May 26, 2011 in AnalysisTags: Assassination, British Police, Media, Propaganda, UK
By Gad Ntambara
Recent media reports in the UK press of the British Police warning two Rwandan exiles that they were at risk of being assassinated by the Rwandan government sparked more questions than answers as to the motive behind handling such kind of unsubstantiated serious allegation on another state through the media. (more…)
When Speech Becomes Violence
Posted: February 16, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, December, Freedom, Genocidaires, Genocide 1994, Gerise Herndon, Hotel Rwanda, Human Rights Watch, Hutu, Hutu extremists, Interahamwe, Media, Paul Rusesabagina, speech, Survivors, Tutsi, United States of America
By Prof. Gerise Herndon–December 5, 2010
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press: for most U.S. citizens, these self-evident ideals form our nation’s foundation. Rwanda, the site of the most efficient genocide in history with a million Tutsis dead after 100 days, complicated how I make sense of those terms. (more…)
Journalism training and media freedom in Rwanda
Posted: January 31, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, Allan Thompson, Canadians, Carleton University, Disdain, English, Freedom, genocide, Hutu Power, Journalism, Kangura, Media, New Times, NUR, RTLM, Rwanda, Rwanda initiative, Sensorship
By Allan Thompson
Those who work to build the capacity of the media in Rwanda are soon confronted by a conundrum, a sort of journalistic chicken and egg syndrome. Is it possible, or even appropriate, for outside actors to contribute to building the capacity of the media sector in a post-conflict environment where press freedom still faces overwhelming challenges? (more…)
Genocidists And Saviours in Rwanda
Posted: January 13, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, Alison Des Forges, Christians, Church, Civilians, discrimination, Ethnic, Extremists, France, French, genocide, Howard Adelman, Hutu, Information, injustice, International Law, Lake Victoria, Media, Melissa Orlie, Michael Walzer, moral bankruptcy, Nazi Holocaust, Notre Dame University, Operation Turquoise, preventable, Purity, Religion, Romeo Dallaire, Rwanda, Saviours, Tutsi, UN, UNAMIR, World War
By Howard Adelman
In 1994, between 6 April and mid- July—a period of 99 days of mayhem—approximately 500,000-800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were slaughtered in Rwanda in a systematically planned genocide. (more…)
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide: Reconsidering the Role of Local and Global Media
Posted: December 31, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: 1994, Armenian Genocide, Catholic Church, Christian Ethics, France, Genocide 1994, Genocide Denial, Gospel, Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Hotel Rwanda, Hutu, ICTR, Interahamwe, John Paul II, Jolyon Mitchell, Media, Radio, RTLM, Rwanda, The Washington Post, Tutsi Genocide, United Nations, University of Edinburgh
By Jolyon Mitchell
Prologue
Not long ago I found myself in the back of a battered old car, juddering down a long bumpy road in Rwanda. It was dusty and hot. The journey was longer than expected. We were in search of one particular building. When we finally arrived at the small village of Ntarama, barefoot children dashed out of their houses, waving and laughing at us. It was a relief to get out of the car. I felt shaken up by the journey; but I would be far more shaken by what we found. (more…)
Media failure over Rwanda’s genocide
Posted: December 28, 2010 in Evidence MaterialTags: BBC, Failure, genocide, Hutu, Media, Rwanda, Tom Giles, Tutsi Genocide, United Nations
By Tom Giles
By late afternoon, they looked like water lilies cloaking the river’s surface.
Only when the light reflected off the water did you catch a truer glimpse of them: bodies by the dozen, bloated and obscene, floating together downstream. Bit by bit, you built up a picture of something human in the expanse – a back, an arm, the slope of a neck. (more…)
friends of evil 
In the Media, Moral Consciousness Is Everything
Posted: November 7, 2011 in CommentTags: genocide, Holocaust, Media, morality, Rwanda
We are told that the media must always strive to be objective; that they have to ensure that both sides to the story are told in equal measure. (more…)