Ouagadougou: Burkina national television has not changed its way of doing journalism, but rather adapted the practice to take into account the context of war that the country is going through, affirmed its Director Pascal, in an interview with faso.net.
‘We can’t continue to make TV as if nothing happened. We must ensure that those who watch national television know that there are things being done and that, despite everything, there is life in Burkina,’ declared the director of national television, Pascal Kané in an interview published Thursday by the site lefaso.net.
In reality, reassures the director of national television, ‘the practice of journalism has not changed; she just adapted to the situation. It’s about doing journalism in a difficult context, a crisis context. There is no job that you can do without taking the environment into account.’
As RTB does, other national presses must adapt to the difficult security context, says the former editor-in-chief of Burkina’s national television.
Faced wit
h accusations of being a propaganda tool, Pascal responded in these terms: ‘It is normal that we reflect what Burkina Faso is. We try as much as possible to contribute to information in Burkina. No matter what is done, people will (always) have (different) opinions. And it didn’t start with the crisis.’
This, he continues, is linked to the nature of public media. ‘Look at the other national channels, you will see that we are making enormous efforts. You will even see that we are a thousand light years away in terms of content compared to the others,’ he invited.
Source: Burkina Information Agency