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How ‘Standard’ helped make Obama known

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In mid-2006, as the Kenyan Press buckled under Government repression, then US Senator Barack Obama visited the country and expressed solidarity with journalists. ...more

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1. On Tuesday January 27, 2009, 4:49 AM , mos, United States wrote:
  Pls don't flirt your self's Standard. Trust me you hard nothing to do with Obama, in fact it's Obama who made Kenya even be known to some parts of the world. You should even thank him for putting Kenya on the world map and for becoming the first half-black man in White House. I say half-black and not African-American coz he was raised by a white and lived the white life.

 
2. On Tuesday January 27, 2009, 4:49 AM , samuel charles kamau, Kenya wrote:
  U guys are a big joke, in no way did make Obama popular, this is falling short of journalistic ethics. Am disgusted. Don't glory in Obama. Just accept the facts and report them. I doubt whether this story added any value.

 
3. On Thursday January 22, 2009, 0:58 AM , Othis Jim, Kenya wrote:
  Oh That's so cool! can you now make another Obama for Kenya!

 
4. On Thursday January 22, 2009, 0:57 AM , Othis Jim, Kenya wrote:
  Oh That's so cool! can you now make another Obama for Kenya!

 
5. On Wednesday January 21, 2009, 14:54 PM , Maureen. , United Arab Emirates wrote:
  Please not the title reads 'How "Standard" helped make Obama known.' It didn't state that it helped him become the U.S. President. But this article largely reffers to media and its freedom and how Obama does support free media. T.H.I.N.K.

 
6. On Wednesday January 21, 2009, 8:33 AM , Ole Sendeki, Germany wrote:
  Typical of Kenyans', glorification and 'prestigification' of what they have not sowed plse be reminded that he is an American foremost who happened to have an irresponsible father from Kenya. We should not forget that. I feel ashame here when every Kenyan tries to associate him/herself with Obama, it has become an Introduction to every person they meet i.e. I come from Obama home!

 
7. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 21:10 PM , Vincent Jobando, United States wrote:
  Did all of you realize the quotation marks on the word Standard? All of your comments portray how biased you are. Standard in this context means class which translates to so many things including but not limited to humility, hardwork, perseverence, determination etc. So, when all of decided to condemn the Standard the newspaper, it shows how narrow-minded you are!

 
8. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 21:00 PM , Brian Samba, Australia wrote:
  'Standard' helped make Obama! Aha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaa. Uuuuuuuuuuuuh. Try another joke.

 
9. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 20:42 PM , lawrence kihanya, United States wrote:
  Cant you cover serious issues like the fate of the families of the victims of the recent road accident or the femine massacre,HIGHLIGHT DAILY ON THE MPS SARALIES AND HOW THOSE FAT PIGS ARE SUCKING POOR KENYANS BLOOD DAILY.ANY OF THEM PAYING TAXES YET?(thought of them makes me wonna vomit)UHURU'S FAMILY SHOULD GIVE AWAY SOME OF THE LAND HIS FATHER GRABBED TO THE DISPLACED.SUCK ROAD MINISTER TOO

 
10. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 19:36 PM , Fred A, Kenya wrote:
  Kenyans, start getting real, your house is not in order and here you are celebrating and claiming an individual who albeit of Kenyan descent is an American. I wish we could start holding our leaders accountable and stop voting on short term promises, my prayer is that Obama will provide a reference point for our future and aspiring leaders to do away with the old and usher in a new era.

 
11. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 19:04 PM , john mcain, Barbados wrote:
  no wonder the government wants to control the media. this is stupid

 
12. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 16:26 PM , Moses Thiga, Kenya wrote:
  HAHAHA you have got to be kidding me... So, if you helped him sooo much I take it you should be sitting upfront at the inauguration. Get a life... get a real job and worry about Kenya.. Douchebag..

 
13. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 14:38 PM , Enock Okello, Kenya wrote:
  I thought this writer is referring to helping local Kenyans (and certainly not the whole world), know about OBAMA, who has his roots in Kenya, and his great achievements in the US!. At least this is my understanding of the article headline. Period!

 
14. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 14:13 PM , Patrick M, United States wrote:
  So much for media freedom in Kenya. If a leading paper would try to get credit for the victory of a president of another country thousands of miles away, how much more when the same endorses , sometimes blindly, a local candidate? This is some of what media outlets did before and during the last elections. Even the violence that erupted did not seem to attract objectivity in reporting.

 
15. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 14:03 PM , sammykariuki, Kenya wrote:
  Yes, the standard made obama known not to those in the US but to us Kenyans! Well done standard group, keep up but keep off biased reporting like you sometimes do.

 
16. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 13:38 PM , Muthoni wa Kioi, United States wrote:
  Reading this article has made my morning - the laughter it has given me will be one of my many reasons to smile today. I'm sure some editor decided it would be a good idea to jump on the band wagon of "we knew about him first, we just knew he would make it". There is going overboard however, and all the self congralutory patting oneself on the back means nothing in the larger scheme of things.

 
17. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 11:40 AM , Caesar Munene, United States wrote:
  Good to see that Kenyans refuse to be taken for a ride...you helped make Obama known? Be serious!

 
18. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 10:13 AM , godfrey, Kenya wrote:
  Ati you guys helped who? Where? You gotta be kiddin' me. How many votes did you add to the tally?

 
19. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 6:16 AM , philip opiyo, Kenya wrote:
  U are not serious? You didnt help at all Obama is US president not Kenyan president, you biased reporters.

 
20. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 6:07 AM , peninahmwikali, Kenya wrote:
  Hail Kenya and its people for helping Obama be what he is today, after all if the tree is not well cared for when it's young, a farmer could always trim its leaves at old age and claim responsibility. Thank you so much and I'm happy to be a Kenyan like Obama, a just, open, transparent and caring human being.

 
21. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 3:34 AM , David Lubanag, United Kingdom wrote:
  Now we move from 'relatives' to newspapers. Everyone wants to claim a piece of Obama and credit for this and that.

 
22. On Tuesday January 20, 2009, 1:47 AM , frosm musa, United States wrote:
  No. Obama made the "Standard" known

 
23. On Monday January 19, 2009, 23:47 PM , JJ, United States wrote:
  What? You made Obama known? I totally disagree with you.......... Obama was a household name here in Chicago even before some of his relatives in Kenya knew him.

 
24. On Monday January 19, 2009, 21:50 PM , pfoster, United Kingdom wrote:
  Oh please! Sorry but 'how standard helped make obama known' is just taking it too far. You've just become like our politicians whom you accuse everyday of undeserved self-glorification, give us something better to read!

 
25. On Monday January 19, 2009, 21:37 PM , Dr Jesse Mashate, United Kingdom wrote:
  Thank you STANDARD PUBLICATIONS for supporting right and opposing wrong. You should rightly refuse to succumb to opportunism. Victory is the ultimate prize to those that are guided by beliefs that promote the general cause of the betterment of mankind. Freedom of the press shall prevail and outlive its enemies.

 
26. On Monday January 19, 2009, 20:55 PM , solomon G, United States wrote:
  I read the Standard and I like their accurate reporting but this is article is just void of substance. I do not think that the Kenyan media played any role whatsoever in making Obama the president of the US. Let us not reap what we have not planted.

 
27. On Monday January 19, 2009, 20:15 PM , amos odero, Canada wrote:
  Way to go standard! An otherwise decent article spoiled by a sensational attention grabbing headline! Too many people are claiming credit for Obama's success already!

 
28. On Monday January 19, 2009, 20:07 PM , Paulette miller, United States wrote:
  Stop this nonsense of you making Obama known. That is so outrageous. I hope you take down this article to save you from laughter and scorn. You seem to bask in glory which is never yours. It's ours, the US citizens, who vote. US citizen

 

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