Jul 17, 2007

Nderry Debunked

In his usual shoot from the hip without due diligence, nderry treated his audience to news of an impending demonstration if Gambia's ambassador to the United States should attend the Raleigh North Carolina Gambian communities annual Gaamo. Here is a snippet of what nderry alias Kochibarma wrote:

It appeared that Ambassador Jagne is in the good books of these Gambians who invited him to attend such an important gathering. It’s not clear what these people intend to achieve by inviting Jagne to Raleigh. What is evident though is that the organization’s credibility has been put to question by critics. The Muslim organization which is expected to be apolitical-free of politics, for the first time in living memory is inviting Ambassador Jagne to be a guest of honor to the Raleigh GAMU scheduled for August 28, 2007. The said organization had across the board membership. Opposition, government supporters, conservatives and independent minded Gambians are part of this organization.......


If the said organisation has across the board membership and the membership decided to invite ambassador jagne to their Gaamo, then what is the problem. The last time I checked Jagne isn't accussed of any crimes. He is representing the Gambia in this country whether nderry acknowledge it or not.

However the kicker in all of this is that barely a few hours after he posted his story, the new comer to the Gambian online news space: SeneGambiaNews, debunked the story. The editor spoke to people in Raleigh and most of them have no clue where nderry is getting his shyt from. This is what Jambang is reporting:

Senegambia News wishes to inform the Gambian community in the US that there is no planned demonstration in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina as was falsely reported on Freedom Newspaper:

The planned annual "Gaamo" will proceed as scheduled and residents in Raleigh told Senegambia News that they have no plans to demonstrate against any Gambian. "we live in peace and harmony as Gambians. I do not know where he got that information from," said a long time resident of Raleigh.

The free market place is a wonderful thing. Nderry's fly by journalism is coming under scrutiny and the simpleton will soon find out that reporting the news in a truthful way shall set him free. Publishing innuendo and trash about your own people will only get you so far.

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