Journalism, like other professions, has direct impact on the citizenry and the society at large. Practitioners are expected to be guided by a code of conduct which members are expected to comply with strictly, and to be enforced by a body acceptable to all the stakeholders. However, journalism practice in Nigeria has raised a lot of questions. A revisit to the existing code of conduct to explicitly state those who can practice journalism in Nigeria is necessary.
I think we should not only be carried away by the slogan (My Oga at The Top) which went viral on the internet but also look into the Unprofessionalism in the Nigerian Media of today taking CHANNELS SUNRISE DAILY PROGRAM AS A CASE STUDY.
Let me start by defining the Word “TV Guest” in Line with the Topic of Discussion
TV Guest: Someone who appears on a television that they do not regularly appear on.
As a Presenter you have to take note that A Guest is not Omniscient.
We all know that it is not everyone that is conversant with the computer and internet as a whole, I remembered when I had my first email address philanthropist4eva@yahoo.com , anytime I go to the CyberCafé I will type my email in the address bar thinking it will just open up not until the café attendant had to guide me through the process by first visiting www.yahoomail.com and entering my login details before I can get access to my email box. In that case the café attendant noticed that I was not conversant with the Internet and had to help me out.
When a TV Guest dont want to answer a question, you should not keep asking over and over again, Moving On to the next question should have been the right thing to do. It shows that the presenters wanted to make jest of him on National Television, because they should know that He does not know the answer to the question which must be as a result of 2 factors but not really an excuse for a top official not to know his organization official website
1. He is not conversant with the Computer or
2. He is not conversant with the Internet
If I were to ask the same presenter to give the Youtube or Facebook Universal Resource Locator of Channels TV they will not know also. The Mockery was a two way thing, it was both the My Oga at The Top Mokery and Channels TV Presenters act of Un-Professionalism which some people fail to look at.
It was a big blow on the part of the Commandant for not knowing the NSCDC official website on the other hand those Presenters should also protect him from public disgrace since He was a Guest and not Omniscient.
Yeah “My Oga at the Top” has made some people already making money. You will find My Oga at The Top Shirts, My Oga at the Top Website, My Oga at the Top Blog, My Oga at the Top Jokes, My Oga at the Top Cartoons, My Oga at the Top Music, My Oga at the Top Mixes, My Oga at the Top Note Books, e.t.c
I respected and place Channels Television at the Highest Peak of Apogee (Permit me the repetition) I’m only trying to describe how I Love Channels television not until My Oga at the Top Saga cos it was explicitly an act of Un-Professionalism.
Kudos, At least Channels TV have been able to accomplish something in the first quarter of this year:
1. Make people earn money through their Act of Un-professionalism
2. The Public Disgrace of the Commandant
3. Increasing their brand name all over Nigeria.
Fellow Nigerians, Let us not look at it from one direction, it is a two-way thing.
1. It was really shameful to the Part of the Commandant not knowing the official website
2. It was also an Act of Unprofessionalism for the Presenters to keep hammering on the same question that they should vividly know the Commandant can’t provide an answer to.
Channels TV what will you think will be the present state of mind of the Children, family members, relations. The commandant has been suspended, The Wife of the commandant confirmed that He has been having Sleepless night and his family is overly perturbed over the issue. The Best sentence to describe what Channels TV did is that “They killed the Commandant Alive”.
Everyone has His/Her own Opinion but mine is a two way thing
1. It was really shameful that the Commandant did not know the NSCDC official website
2. Channels TV Made A Disgraceful Jest out of their Guest which is not the Best.
Journalism is not an art for self-abuse.
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