Arise News Morning Show anchor, Oseni Rufai, has slammed Daniel Bwala, a media aide to President Bola Tinubu, over his claim that his recent interview with Al Jazeera’s Hasan Mehdi was doctored.
Bwala, a Presidential spokesperson on policy communication
for the president had during a recent interview with Daddy Freeze, accused Al
Jazeera of selectively editing his recent interview, alleging that the cuts
created a misleading narrative that fueled incorrect opinions on social media.
Recall that the interview titled Head to head with Daniel
bwala and Al Jazeera journalist Mehdi Hasan received backlash from various
Nigerians calling bwala an embarrasment to the nation.
“There is real accountable journalism, and that’s what Mehdi
practices,” Rufai said while talking about Bwala’s embarrassing moment. “What
is obvious is that most Nigerian officials are used to being pampered.
“Before, they used to send them the questions for the
interview in advance. They used to give them areas of concentration. That’s
what a lot of them are used to.
“So they keep citing the BBC standard, which is obviously
colonial standard, which is also colonial standard, baked around respect for
governmental officials.
“Number one, Bwala claims that the interview was doctored
but the first place I saw the interview was on Bwala’s page. So was it the
doctored version he shared on this page?
“Did you watch it before you posted it on your page? And why
didn’t he raise concerns then? Why was it after the backlash, that concerns
were raised?
“The second part of this conversation, I also have to ask
is, yes, you claim that it was doctored, but we saw the interaction and we saw
the answers you gave. You also cited the part you said, oh, people in
opposition will normally oppose.
“And the same eight minutes…So it was not that they were
adding extra materials, it was the quote that Bwala himself said, and they just
added the videos to be able to make it (clearer.)”
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