{"id":417096,"date":"2011-05-04T10:56:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T10:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/be-responsible-rb-tells-media\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T10:56:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T10:56:05","slug":"be-responsible-rb-tells-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/be-responsible-rb-tells-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Responsible, RB Tells Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"25.1434177667\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.co.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/timeszambia180.jpg\" alt=\"The Times of Zambia (Ndola)\" title=\"Visit The Times of Zambia (Ndola)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>President Rupiah Banda has said the media plays a critical role in the nurturing of democracy, promotion of human rights and in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The president told journalists in an interview at State House yesterday that there was need for the media to remain responsible in their reporting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very important day for us and you the journalists, we can&#8217;t have democracy and human rights, we cannot fight corruption without this good profession,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Banda said he was happy with the manner in which the Zambian media, both private and public were working.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said just like in a family, there were some media institutions which had their own agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The president cautioned journalists against getting carried away and engaging themselves in destructive reporting as that could cost the country dearly.<\/p>\n<p>He said the success of the country depended on positive reporting by the media.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the World Press Freedom Day.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105040578.html\" title=\"Be Responsible, RB Tells Media\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Be Responsible, RB Tells Media<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 4 May 2011 President Rupiah Banda has said the media plays a critical role in the nurturing of democracy, promotion of human rights and in the fight against corruption. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-417096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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