MBC confirms suspension of reporter over public disapproval of fake news picture
Tax-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has confirmed that it has disciplined its reporter Austin Kakande for damaging the reputation of the news organisation after the public disapprove a false news picture on the Mzuzu dual carriage way project which it published.
MBC posted a caption story on its Facebook page about the project’s progress by instead used a photograph from West Cornwall in England that portrayed it as the 1.3 kilometre Mzuzu dual carriage way being constructed by Strabag Construction Company.
The public disapproved the false new picture and MBC has reacted by suspending the online services reporter Kakande who was responsible in posting the caption story.
MBC director general Aubrey Sumbuleta confirmed the suspension of Kakande pending investigations.
“As a public broadcaster, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation is expected to maintain high standards of integrity and ethical conduct, a thing you have failed to uphold in this particular case,” reads a suspension letter signed by controller of administration and human resources Mabuchi Kapachika.
According to the letter , the online services reporter also violated MBC’s terms and conditions service 2015 section 9.2.15.
Kakande declined to comment.
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What are you going to do about the president who peddles lies on your stupid TV and radio on a daily basis?
As for me i stopped watching/listening to MBC 10yrs ago.
When have you known that MBC needs to maintain high standards of integrity and ethical conduct
dual carriage way by Dpp led govt LMAO koma abale desparate times.
Sumbuleta tsopano wayamba kutuluka fumbi mkamwa………..!! Ndipo simunati……………….!!
Why suspend the young boy only when you pretty know that for everything to be released from MBC, your Editors have a hand of approval, and even those editors show you [Sumbuleta] what they are releasing?
You need also to suspend Philiph Businesss. This is another political charlatan being used by apumbwa to distort information about development status of the country. Come 21 May, 2019 he will be blacklisted. He thinks DPP is here to stay for a century. Zoputsa basi
Suspend Phillip Businesses if you indeed uphold ethical broadcasting
Picking on the weak and the overzealous reporter. Why haven’t you taken hid of all other complaints that people have made against MBC.
manyaziti amenewa apumbwa, suspending mwana oti mumamutuma ndinu amene???? mlakho broadcasting corporation chimene inatiwuzako chowona ndi chani?????
amuyimitsa kudikira kuchotsedwa ntchito. akangokuchotsa ntchito uwapitile ku khoti apumbwa amenewa.chifukwa anachita kukuza kuti uposite nseu omwe udzafanane ndi ku mzuzu . plz nseu ofanana ku fanana sinde kuti ndiumenewo ai. ine nditha kuyiwina imeneyi.
Those who work for MBC should be ashamed.
MBC must be abolished in 2019. There is no need to keep this organization. It has been a disgrace.
Mwamupanga suspend mwana wanu wemwe. Mesa iye akupanga zimene inu mumachita? Inu chilipo choona chimene mumanena? Mulinaye zifukwa mwanayu chifukwa inu kunamako ndiye ntchito yanu. Ife titaona zimene zija sitinadabwe olo pang’ono. Chonde mubwezeretseni ntchito mwanawanuyo
Infact, u need to suspend everyone at MBC because everything that is being posted on MBC fb is nosence. But first to fire must be Phillip Business. am now beginning to question his education background, the boy has no proffessional manners at all!!
Palibe choona chimene mumapanga publish apumbwa inu a MBC
even weather report kkkkkkk
Kaya zu izo,stopped long time ago tuning to mbc,it is becoming too much blue
Gwemula akuti a MBC ndinu a Pumbwa mnyamatayo mwangomuda osati mukunama apazi ayi fotseki zanu 2019 mbc ndikuigula ikhala yanga ndikufuna ndidzakhazikitse integrity osati zili panozi ayi ntchito kulembana pachibale ndikufuna nzakhazikitse independent panel yolemba ndikuchotsa ntchito kuti pasazakhale chinyengo komanso ndizaliuza boma kuti ndizaigule mbc ndi K1