The Foreign Correspondents Of East Africa on Wednesday night released a statement complaining of online attacks from Kenyans on social media regarding their coverage on the unfortunate Riverside Drive terror attack.
According to the association, attacks on Kimiko de Freytas-tamura after her employer, the New York Times, used photos of dead Kenyans from the scene when reporting, were unwarranted.
As the association expected an apology from Kenyans, they were hit by a rude shock of even more trolls from Kenyans and louder calls for the deportation of the New York Times correspondent.
As a nation we should not be allowed to be intimidated by print terrorists in the name of foreign correspondents who sensationally report on fires, election and calamities in developing nations. If @kimidefreytas becomes casualty of @nytimes unbalanced policies so be it.
— Frank Mengi (@frankmengi) January 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/nomadickenyan/status/1085616502475235329?s=19
https://twitter.com/geoffrey26/status/1085691334202146816?s=19
https://twitter.com/mkenyharisi/status/1085612800104456195?s=19
I can’t paint Kenya on bad light and expect to be handled by velvet cloves “dhinwakucho “
— peter ongondo (@pacemanp77) January 16, 2019
Do you still want us to debate on this? The statement means nothing to me the bottom line is the message was sent and you received it period
— Mugomatic (@Mugomatic1) January 16, 2019
The choice of image is difficult to balance what kind of idiocy is this .Kindly circulate your press statements between yourselves.#NYTimes #RiversideAttack pic.twitter.com/OdgjzcYnUa
— king Julian👑🇰🇪 (@kritixsam) January 17, 2019
You say,
'we defend the right of readers to protest what they deem offensive….but '
Do you also decide (defend) how they protest?
— allan justus (@allanmwailika) January 16, 2019
Ok we get it that this board is daft, not a single bright mind
— Not now (@NoveAugust) January 16, 2019
— Abu Yahya Ibn AbdulKadir (@Abdurleone) January 17, 2019
Keep it to yourselves!
— Karey Kay (@karey_writer) January 16, 2019
You guys still don't get it. That's what we call "too much English accompanied by catwalking" . No showing victims bodies. Simple
— wanjohi githae (@wanjohigithae) January 16, 2019
This is Bullshit tbh
— 𝕭𝖊𝖓 𝕯𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗 (@menteh_) January 16, 2019
Are you people serious? This statement should be read with contempt because its content us full of contempt too!!!
— Victor Oria, Ph.D. (@Nyuka_Bel) January 17, 2019
The same journalistic standards that apply when covering terror in France and the UK don't apply here? By all means, that photo was inappropriate, moreover she had a choice before clicking send
— mutura receipe (@maxwelVII) January 16, 2019
She was hostile and disrespectful to Kenyans. She should be a responsible journalist
— Muruithia (@dagkamau) January 16, 2019
Nonsense!! Start respecting the African humanity, we are not primates
— Moses Kite 🔷 (@naghmoo) January 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/MkalaFuLL/status/1085606054799556609?s=19
Utter nonsense.
— Tony (@tonygichuki) January 16, 2019
