The Washington Post scandal: New revelations raise integrity, objectivity questions in American media
The spiking of an article unfavourable to Democrats – a rare investigation that would cast pro-Palestine protesters in a sympathetic light – comes after Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, intervened in the opposite direction, blocking the paper from endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
‘The Washington Post’ pays heavy price for rejecting Harris endorsement as 200,000 readers cancel subscription, top editors resign in protest
No candidate was informed or consulted about the decision and that there was “no quid pro quo”, Bezos said, adding that there was no connection between the decision and a meeting between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Blue Origin’s CEO on the same day.
Hard truth: In America journalism is now the least trusted profession, hence The Washington Post is not endorsing a candidate
You can see my wealth and business interests as a bulwark against intimidation, or you can see them as a web of conflicting interests. Only my own principles can tip the balance from one to the other. I assure you that my views here are, in fact, principled, and I believe my track record as owner of The Post since 2013 backs this up. You are of course free to make your own determination, but I challenge you to find one instance in those 11 years where I have prevailed upon anyone at The Post in favour of my own interests. It hasn’t happened.
President Macron of France visits Morocco after his Western Sahara change ushers in ‘new honeymoon’
France and Morocco have historically partnered on issues ranging from counterterrorism to Western Sahara. Morocco is the top destination for French investment in Africa and France is Morocco’s top trade partner.
Despite concerns about ‘vaccine fatigue’ CDC recommends extra Covid boosters, including for some infants
Vaccine effectiveness data is relative, meaning it’s a measure of how much more protection a vaccinated person has than an unvaccinated one, she said. Therefore, “what we think is happening” is that unvaccinated people were getting natural immunity during that time, giving them more robust immunity and skewing the baseline for comparison.
‘Crimes against humanity’: Pfizer knew its Covid vaccine killed, poisoned mother’s milk, ovaries, testes but compromised mainstream media to hide the truth
The “Pfizer Papers” analysts found over 42,000 case reports detailing 158,893 adverse events reported to Pfizer in the first three months following the December 2020 EUA. To process the large volume of reports, the company added 600 additional employees, the documents showed, with plans to hire a total of 1,800 people by June 2021.
Smell the coffee: Corrupt Museveni killed the goose that lays the golden egg, now Uganda is struggling to export its crop
There was renewed attempt to revamp the coffee industry during Milton Obote II but rebel activities of mainly the National Resistance Army of the then Yoweri Museveni (now Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni) sabotaged the industry, ransacking and robbing coffee factories and associated cooperative unions and associations of coffee stock and money to fund its insurgency. Some combatants became very rich while still in the bush between 1981-1986.
IMF tells African oil exporters to diversify economies to boost ‘subdued’ growth, address poverty
While diversified economies such as Senegal and Tanzania are expected to grow at above the regional average, Nigeria will fall short, growing at 2.9 per cent, according to the IMF’s regional economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa launched on Friday.
Kenyan court suspends $736m Adani electricity deal it calls ‘a constitutional sham tainted with secrecy
The Adani Group, founded by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, sparked anger in Kenya recently for another proposed public-private partnership project to lease the country’s main airport for 30 years in exchange for expanding it.
Uganda, Kenyan currencies hold steady while Ghana and Nigeria’s may weaken against dollar
Ghana’s cedi could weaken further on seasonal demand for dollars, as companies in the commerce and manufacturing sectors stock up ahead of the festive period.
