In defence of Kenya’s Fourth Estate after Obama’s visit

NAIROBI: The media is oft an easy scapegoat. In the aftermath of the GES, hordes of 'media analysts', have gone hammer and tongs on the Press over its handling of the just concluded GES 2015, yet another example of how media is easily made a scapegoat.

These analysts' reading of media reportage is damning – coverage was not only dismal, it was focused on the wrong things. According to this reading, the Kenyan press focused on "minor distractions" at this very important conference – POTUS (President of the United States), his family and lifestyle, his toys, namely the Beast, Air Force One and Marine One; that the media glossed over big picture issues – entrepreneurship, investment and bilateral talks between Uhuru Kenyatta and Barack Obama.