Gentlemen of the Press

By C. Emmanuel Ibeleme

The practice of journalism has been subjected to the most bizarre violations in Nigeria, and in many parts of the world, going by the tales from practitioners themselves. A painfully true reality given the fact those practitioners who ought to be in the vanguard of ethical crusade are unabashedly culpable. Copious investigations and other first-hand experiences indicate that journalists are neck-deep in social, economic and political vices either as participants or peripheral collaborators or accessories to very ugly incidents in the land. They have, therefore, lost the right to the justifiable claim of being the society's watchdogs. Gentlemen of the Press reveal the hypocrisy of the Fourth Estate of the Realm within and outside the different newsrooms as name droppers, blackmailers and extortionists. It is an expose of journalists' blatant misbehaviours at events, fights at the slightest provocation, fights over money, entertainment and even speeches from which they write their stories! Most alarming of it all, they come across as rough, shabbily dressed, looking haggard at best, and largely uninformed to be discharging their primary function of informing others!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C9RWSQZD
• ISBN13: 9798366545648
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"