The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the New York Times to pull-down disturbing images showing bodies of people killed during Tuesday’s terror attack in Nairobi.
MCK has criticized the US media over what it terms as a “disrespectful, appalling and reckless publication.”
“The MCK vehemently disagrees with your publication’s position that the objectivity of showing gory images of dead bodies from the attack is meant to give readers a clear picture of the horror of such acts,” the agency says in a statement.
The agency has threatened to take unspecified action if the international media firm fails to pull down the photos.
MCK CEO David Omwoyo says the New York Times’ decision to publish the images amounts to glorifying and parading the success of the terrorists.
The attack, which Somalia-based terror organization Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for, left 21 people dead and several others injured.
The fatalities include 16 Kenyans, one British citizen, one American national and three persons of African descent whose identities are yet to be established.
More than 15,000 people have so far signed a petition on the change.org website to have the US media pull-down gory images of those killed in the 14 Riverside attack.
Oh Really?
Oh Really?
Good call, no doubt.
Good call, no doubt.
Kenya media houses don’t…
Kenya media houses don’t even play Kenya music.
There outrage and patriotism is fake.
They better do that!…
They better do that!. Whatever they did was disrespectful and wonder why! What kind of a clear picture they want to put?. Is it a different picture from what had happened other parts of the world!.
They are supposed to submit a clear sincerely apologies without additional comments. We are not to be held as we Kenyans are only the victims of terrorist and we need to be there for each other.
You sound Terroristic to say…
You sound Terroristic to say the least; and your Rants suicidal. NY Times showed the Truth to World about a Country (on Corruption Steroids and Run on AutoPilot) IGNORANT of its MWANAINCHI’s security.
The Media Council of Kenya…
The Media Council of Kenya should be abolished for supporting direct attacks and terrorism of Journalists.
These are people who supported the killing of Jamal khashoggi.
Falling journalistic…
Falling journalistic standards in Kenya should be your first priority. Hardly anything to read in the papers anymore. They are fanning 2020 stories and keeping the nation in election mode when it s not election time at all.
NYT has an office in Nairobi…
NYT has an office in Nairobi, what do you expect, that they love Kenyans???