subsurface:
When we told you guys that its was a big scam or cheap blackmail; BMC & others thought that we are biased...

Every smart IT guru; knows that Photoshop was a very very poor job...

so after apostle suleman`s legal team told Sahara reporters that they will be sued for 1billion naira if they keep on publishing unverified information abt him..

everything just died down..

whyyy

if Sahara reporters are 100% sure of their sources they would have released more information on this matter;
after all they will win any legal battle because they are 100% sure that apostle suleman adultry case was true.

but... more than 24hrs now we havent seen or hear anything again..

why..

doesnt it proof that Sahara reporters had been lying ever since abt this so called apostle suleman adultery scandal?

is this a real case of pure blackmail?

and u online guys that supported; why have u been quiet...?

Finally to Ms Stephanie Otobo; please we are still waiting for more proof...

Sahara reporters/BMC/Ms Stephanie Otobo we are waiting for more proof ooooo.... ;

LordOfNaira:


You are a learner!!!

First of all, the girl in question hasn't met bail conditions and is still being remanded as at the last time I checked. Be patient!!!

subsurface:
When we told you guys that its was a big scam or cheap blackmail; BMC & others thought that we are biased...

Every smart IT guru; knows that Photoshop was a very very poor job...

so after apostle suleman`s legal team told Sahara reporters that they will be sued for 1billion naira if they keep on publishing unverified information abt him..

everything just died down..

whyyy

if Sahara reporters are 100% sure of their sources they would have released more information on this matter;
after all they will win any legal battle because they are 100% sure that apostle suleman adultry case was true.

but... more than 24hrs now we havent seen or hear anything again..

why..

doesnt it proof that Sahara reporters had been lying ever since abt this so called apostle suleman adultery scandal?

is this a real case of pure blackmail?

and u online guys that supported; why have u been quiet...?

Finally to Ms Stephanie Otobo; please we are still waiting for more proof...

Sahara reporters/BMC/Ms Stephanie Otobo we are waiting for more proof ooooo.... ;

nzeobi:
They have gone to look for more picture to photo shop.
Patience is the only weapon that forces deception to reveal itself.

obailala:
Is Sahara Reporter the accuser? or are they just reporting a story narrated to them by someone locked up at the police station?

The way some people reason na wa!

laudate:



Aren't journalists expected to verify the authenticity of any information they are given, before rushing to publish?? Or does the fact that they are an online publication, absolve them from the basic tenets of truth and honesty?

obailala:
You get it all wrong, the job of journalists is to report a story. A story was narrated to SR by a woman who was arrested and who accused the Pastor of being behind her ordeal. Sahar simply followed the case up by publishing the VIDEO interview of the woman. It's a different ball game when SR are the ones accusing the pastor, and I find it weird why you cant see the difference.

laudate:


Nope. The job of a journalist is to report the facts. And they need to verify the facts or information they receive, before going to press. Otherwise, they would run the risk of libel. That is why every single university that teaches mass communication in Nigeria, always includes one course in their syllabus: Nigerian Media Law and Ethics. It is a compulsory course.

obailala:
You get it all wrong, the job of journalists is to report a story. A story was narrated to SR by a woman who was arrested and who accused the Pastor of being behind her ordeal. Sahar simply followed the case up by publishing the VIDEO interview of the woman. What you are saying would have been valid if SR were the ones accusing the pastor; I find it weird why you cant see the difference.

subsurface:


i think u need to go and read the constitution...

u don jst report any news thts why the NBC.... to help regulate wat a News media house dishes out to the public...

we are still waiting ooo for them:-

Sahara reporters & Otobo for more proof on how she Ms Otobo accused Suleiman of wacking her gbomo...

or abi na cheap blackmail?

obailala:
You dont still get it do you?

There's a difference between a media house creating a story and a media house just reporting a story as received from the horses mouth. For example, if Channels TV interviews an armed robber and the robber makes a false claim that it was the president that asked him to steal, would you hold Channels TV responsible for breaching media ethics or would you hold the robber responsible for his own words?

Okay, Vanguard newspaper has also reported the same story yesterday, would you now also blame Vanguard for reporting the words of the woman verbatim? Is Vanguard also breaking media law and ethics here?
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/video-apostles-suleman-pays-girls-n400000-per-night-ms-otobo/

cc: subsurface

obailala:
You dont still get it do you?

There's a difference between a media house creating a story and a media house just reporting a story as received from the horses mouth. For example, if Channels TV interviews an armed robber and the robber makes a false claim that it is the president that asked him to steal, would you hold Channels TV responsible or would you hold the robber responsible for his own words?

Okay, Vanguard newspaper has also reported the same story yesterday, would you now also blame Vanguard for reporting the words of the woman verbatim?
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/video-apostles-suleman-pays-girls-n400000-per-night-ms-otobo/

laudate:


No. You are the one who does NOT get it. If an event unfolds live in the presence of a journalist, and he reports it, then it is an eye-witness account and a live reportage of unfolding events.

But if someone comes to a journalist with information about an event that did not occur in the presence of the journalist, especially after such an event has taken place, it is the duty of the journalist to crosscheck and verify such information before putting it out in public domain. Otherwise he runs the risk of libel or publishing falsehood. Hope this clarifies the issue. Where do you think the term investigative journalism came from?

obailala:
So has vanguard Newspaper and all other media bodies that have reported this story for 2 days now also broken Media Law and Ethics?

obailala:

laudate:


For failing to verify the authenticity of the story...yes! Apostle Suleiman could sue the pants off them, and win!