Explain five reasons for the decline in the public trust of the media in your country.
Explanation
- Politicisation of the media/Perceived partisanship of the media
- Marginalisation of the opposition parties and members
- Unrepresentative of minority views/opinions
- Affiliation of the media with the ruling government
- Employment of media personalities by the government
- Inaccurate reportage of events and developments by the media
- Upsurge in the reportage of fake news
- High level of unprofessional conducts
- Perceived corruption of media practitioners/ media houses
- Encouraging actions that are threats to national security
- Fuelling ethnic disharmony/tension
- Encouraging religious disaffection
- Escalation of tension/violence through bias reportage
- Writing of inciteful reports and editorials
- Unbalanced reportage/lack of objectivity in reporting
- Promoting corrupt practices as against fighting corruption
- Publishing immoral materials that corrupt moral values
- Serving as platform for destructive criticisms