Wrongful attribution on Governor Bindow by People's Daily
To attribute a statement to a person means you are quoting the exact statement of the individual, or crediting it to that person, this I am sure the people's Daily reporter and his editors should know very well.Our attention has been drawn to a very mischievous caption by People's Daily of Friday November 11, 2016 thus:
"2019 Presidency: ITS EITHER ATIKU OR NOBODY SAYS GOVERNOR BINDOW".
Firstly, Governor Bindow never made such a statement ever. The caption
above attributed to Governor Bindow in the write up is wrong,
mischievous, evil and unwarranted. Whatever the writer attempts to
achieve by this is unfortunate and it has woefully failed.
It is
unfortunate that journalists who are suppose to properly inform the
public will condescend to blackmail by captions that do not tell the
real stories they portray.
Governor Bindow did not mention or
talk about the political ambition of former Vice President Atiku
Abubakar at the Girei flag off, and I challenge People's Daily to make
available the recorded version of Governor Bindow's speech at the
ceremony if they so deny.
Why would they attribute such a quote to Governor Bindow?
I smell an invincible hand/voice dictating to people's Daily what they wrote. What did they stand to achieve?
I smell an invincible hand/voice dictating to people's Daily what they wrote. What did they stand to achieve?
Infact, Governor Bindow's statements at the flag off was that, the
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is not his political God Father
and he is not taking instructions from him, he stated it right in his
presence but emphasized that he is like a biological father to him, and
advices him to work for the good of Adamawa people.
Where did the People's Daily reporter get his quote or caption from?
Is it a case of he who pays the piper dictates the tune?
Has any brown envelope exchanged hands?
Is it a case of he who pays the piper dictates the tune?
Has any brown envelope exchanged hands?
The preoccupation of governor Bindow is to deliver on his campaign
promises which he is committed to and he (Bindow) stated it at the venue
of the Girei-WuroBokki road flag off but alas! People's Daily did not
hear that part, what they heard and resort to is blackmail and
misgivings.
Other issues raised by the Governor at the venue
which centers on thanking President Muhammadu Buhari on the successes
recorded in restoring peace to the North-East were also ignored by
people's Daily. The developmental strides of Bindow in less than 24
months did not also get their attention. What an irony. No wonder the
age long adage that says the eye only sees rightly with the mind.
Has the paper sold out its tenets and journalistic values to the opinions of a few individuals even when it is incorrect?I want to advice the publishers of People's Daily to retract that caption and apologize to the executive Governor of Adamawa State, Senator Muhammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, for wrongly or rather mischievously attributing to him statements he did not make
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