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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has taken to social media to inform Nigerians that he sees every single meme of himself, used to \u2018roast him\u2019.<\/p>\n
According to the vice president, he finds some of the memes very creative and funny but, however, lamented the lack of curiosity that goes about fact.<\/p>\n
Speaking via his verified Twitter handle on Friday, Osinbajo blamed media houses for never going the extra mile to dig into a matter and investigate facts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see quite a few memes that \u201croast\u201d me on social media and to be honest, I find some of them creative and funny.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, it appears every photograph of me talking to the President must be characterized as though I am saying something mischievous.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a firm believer in the freedom of press, whether it is responsible press or irresponsible press.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is often lacking though is the deliberate or advertent lack of curiosity about facts.<\/p>\n
\u201cSee the issue on the President\u2019s WAEC certificate, one would have thought that a simple investigation by the media houses would establish the truth or falsehood of the matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the ubiquity and anonymity of social media, everyday problems of a free press are becoming complex<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a video of an occurrence in India showing some people jumping out of a burning high-rise building in May.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis provocative and FAKE video had a woman cursing the President and I, our families and generations.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy elderly Aunt called me in February just before the elections and asked why I resigned. I told her I didn\u2019t but she was convinced and insisted I did because she had read it on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n
\u201cMedia is powerful, social media is perhaps, even more so.<\/p>\n
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