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Wale Olaleye, A Laptop Mercenary Attacks Himself, Not Tinubu By Sunday Dare by CrossLegge: 12:30pm On May 08, 2015 |
True journalist strives toward the ideal of objectivity. A propagandist for hire writes whatever his paymasters deign is apt for him to write. When propagandist seeks to disguise himself as a purported journalist, the resulting work product is the tortured sculpture of rumor mongering posing as true fact and information. All in all, the ugly composition he creates cannot withstand scrutiny. The venal nature of the culprit writer is more on display than the unproven faults of the intended victim. Wale Olaleye’s piece in Thisday of Friday April 24th, “Tinubu- an Asset and Liability” will one day be the first lesson chapter in a manual entitled, “How Not To Be A Journalist.” Wale should ponder whether his boss truly cares for him. No caring boss would allow someone to become an editor who himself needs close guidance. Without strict adult supervision, Olaleye is prone to destroy himself by his very own words. At first the urge to dismiss Olaleye’s piece was dominant. Why respond to a piece sourced from the political black market by a willing journalist whose piece was so full of unchecked, false rumor that it could only have been the product of envy and malice. Why respond to an ill bred, uncouth and totally misguided writer who has turned journalism into a tool of both subtle and brazen blackmail? Before Olaleye ever became a journalist or eventually rose to the position of an “editor” there were real journalists- well bred, disciplined and who never crossed the line between objectivity and obsession with whom they write about because they abhor his personality or politics. Thankfully, a few of our journalists and editors remain firmly planted on this ethical soil and are not self-serving and egoistic. Let me dismiss Olaleye’s rantings. The crux of his complaint is that I refused to grant him an interview with my principal, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He claimed that my refusal to grant interview access somehow offended the morals of journalism. His attempt to lecture me on journalistic ethics falls flat when one puts side by side his professional track record against mine. I am willing to stake that reputation against Wale’s. If he checked more closely he would see that I am the Chief of staff and Media Adviser of Asiwaju Tinubu. I am not an employee of Olaleye or of Thisday. It is my duty and obligation to help my principal make the most productive use of his time. It would be utter dereliction of duty if I subject him to being interviewed by someone with an ulterior motive. I have approved dozens of interviews for Asiwaju with both the domestic and foreign press. Our criteria have never demanded that you be an ally or pliant, but we do demand human decency and objectivity. On both counts, Olaleye fails miserably. Let him take his awful trade somewhere else. We do serious business. By writing his invective, Olaleye hoped to blackmail me to grant an interview. To disabuse him of this hope is the primary reason I write these piece. We stick to principle. Olaleye is a hireling of hidden paymasters with hidden agenda. He is not objective. His request remains denied, no matter how many unfounded rumors he publishes. Demonstrating steep hypocrisy, he then seeks to use my alleged breach of journalistic etiquette to excuse the more serious one he commits. In his piece, he engages in an unfounded tirade against Bola Tinubu. His work is the product of a lazy hand and a slovenly mind; it would not pass the most basic test for good reporting or investigative report and analysis. It is a long citation of alleged reports, unreliable and undisclosed sources, innuendo and illogical conjecture. He makes Bola Tinubu into some omnipresent agency who is the most dominant factor in every political happening in the nation, large or small. Olaleye’s work is not one of political analysis; it is one of mythology and fiction gone awry. Wale’s write up is a meandering road of salacious falsehood, drunken tales and dubious claims. The attempt to sound authoritative in the false claims made is a journey in futility. Using a typical trait of insincere writers, he first gave scant, grudging praise to Tinubu’s exploits only, to cram the rest of the article with nonsensical analysis and false reports. Dear Wale probably did not dare re-read his work. If so, he would still be trapped in the labyrinth of lies he constructed to make this tale. Wale has descended into the abyss of unethical practice and needs urgent help. Wale has sold his journalistic soul. We hope what he received in return is worth the cost of the precious thing he has lost. We hope his masters are as pleased with his distorted efforts as he seems to be. Yet, he also should be courageous enough to drop the façade of feigned hurt and stop acting as if he is the guardian of journalistic etiquette. He was hired to do a dirty job and he did it. It is that simply. Ethics and defense of the profession and freedom of the press have nothing to do with it. In fact, the quality of the piece Olaleye submitted for public consumption is an embarrassment to the profession he says he loves so dearly. In reading the article one gets the sense of a man trying too hard to drape himself in sincerity so that the reader might be distracted from the craven substance of his efforts at character assassination. Olaleye represents the decadence in present-day journalism. He personifies the dangers ahead for the profession and the society. With the likes of Wale as an editor, no one is safe from character attack unless you pay the appropriate toll. He goofed on many things he wrote. And like a false prophet he huffs and puffs and blows empty words n a two-page tirade against Tinubu. He tripped so many times that one starts to wonder if he was just coming off some prescribed medication. Olaleye is a journalists easily besotted with power. His time in journalism is up. He should try a career in the dramatic arts by writing funny little plays or movie scripts. Wale is not an asset to the journalistic profession. He constitutes a liability. Tinubu’s contributions to building a modern Nigeria are well documented. Through the years, Tinubu paid the price and painstakingly worked with others to bring Nigeria to a new dawn. No amount of malicious writing can erase that. • Dare, Chief of Staff /Special Adviser,Media to Mr. Bola Tinubu |
Re: Wale Olaleye, A Laptop Mercenary Attacks Himself, Not Tinubu By Sunday Dare by Nobody: 12:45pm On May 08, 2015 |
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Re: Wale Olaleye, A Laptop Mercenary Attacks Himself, Not Tinubu By Sunday Dare by Nobody: 12:47pm On May 08, 2015 |
Two Laptop Mercenaries. |
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