Debunking the romanticism of investigative journalism

By PNG Echo. Investigative journalism is often romantically portrayed as journalism in its most altruistic form: media fulfilling its ‘fourth estate’ function of public ‘watchdog.’ It does this by drawing attention to failures within society’s system of regulation and to the ways in which those systems can be circumvented by the rich, the powerful and the corrupt. (2008, de Burgh P.3) Beattie and Beal talk of the ‘fourth estate’ as the public interest guardians of truth. (2007, Beattie and Beal p.37) and in investigative mode the media has had a number of notable successes in forcing recognition of wrongs and Continue reading Debunking the romanticism of investigative journalism

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Don Polye – the Engan.

By PNG Echo  Well is he really?  Engan, that is. Polye lived the majority of his life in Mt Hagen.  Perhaps that’s why his elevation to the position of MP for Kandep sticks in the craw of so many.  Because, in an electorate that’s riven with internecine violence, Polye’s rise to power has hardly been a unifying force  – quite the opposite. He has the dubious honour of an attempted assassination on his life during a political rally in Kandep in 2007. It’s clear that this ‘true son of Enga’, is not loved by all.  Election shenanigans The gunman may Continue reading Don Polye – the Engan.

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