President ial election. Its a big story. Is the electorate getting the information it needs. 800 million indians live rural lives. The indian media do not consider them news worthy. Add reuters encountering difficulties in china. The art of deception and how it can confuse critics. When the president ial debate was held in abuja, a candidate was missing. Typically the incumbent chair goes empty, if you are in power a poor debate costs your job. Incumbents tend to want to limit exposure. Thats not what happened. President Goodluck Jonathan was there, its his main rival Muhammadu Buhari refusing to take part. It went out on a most watched channel. Ait, African Independent channel. And Muhammadu Buharis party accused it of partisanship being in Goodluck Jonathans corner so boycotted the debate. The election was postponed ostensibly to secure the northeast from boko haram and guarantee the voters there. That rational has been subject to debate. They have found they are trying to get around
Its a big story. Is the electorate getting the information it needs. 800 million indians live rural lives. The indian media do not consider them news worthy. Add reuters encountering difficulties in china. The art of deception and how it can confuse critics. When the president ial debate was held in abuja, a candidate was missing. Typically the incumbent chair goes empty, if you are in power a poor debate costs your job. Incumbents tend to want to limit exposure. Thats not what happened. President Goodluck Jonathan was there, its his main rival Muhammadu Buhari refusing to take part. It went out on a most watched channel. Ait, African Independent channel. And Muhammadu Buharis party accused it of partisanship, being in Goodluck Jonathans corner, so boycotted the debate. The election was postponed ostensibly to secure the northeast from boko haram and guarantee the voters there. That rational has been subject to debate. They have found they are trying to get around censorship and securi