The Chronicle has shown much improvement in terms of playing its watchdog role, social commentators have said.
Issues of corruption that were for sometime missing in the Chronicle have started coming up, Ibhetshu likaZulu secretary general Mbuso Fuzwayo told Media Watch today.
"Since the coming in of Prof. Jonathan Moyo as the Minister of Information the Chronicle has taken a new shape," said Fuzwayo. So far the Chronicle has exposed Cuthbert Dube and Hapson Muchechetere. Under media studies this is called public interest.
Fuzwayo also said the Chronicle is even covering the factionalism in Zanu-PF, something that used not to happen.
He however mentioned that the Chronicle should minimise on leading with sex scandals because that is the work of tabloids.
"While these matters of divorce and sex scandals are an issue of public concern, they should not dominate the papers because they make youth lose hope in relationships. The marriage institution is highly respected but the moment it starts to be portrayed negatively, a few people will take it seriously," he said.
Commenting on one of the posts on the sex scandal involving a prominent church figure under the heading "Furgitive“sex pest” rabbi arrested" shared by this blog on facebook, Stanely Mushava said there was nothing wrong with exposing sex scandals.
"I
don't agree one bit with Mutizwa's view that: “The media is now
creating a division within society, it’s not allowed to criticise
churches because it makes people to discriminate each other using
religion." No one is above scrutiny and fair comment," commented Mushava.
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