The Learner

By Muhsin Ibrahim Hadiza Gabon is in the spotlight today. I find most of the criticisms of  Gabon's Room Talk Show  amusing for three reasons. As you know, Rakiya Moussa, as a guest, emotionally shed tears when talking about her unrequited love experience. Some critics  blamed the presenter, Hadiza, for that. 1. Some of these critics don't know better about journalism ethics than Hadiza because they aren't journalists and have little or nothing to do with the profession. We just love bashing Kannywood people. They don't know how to do anything! 2. Talk shows like that don't have cut-and-dried rules. Gabon is a big fan of Ellen DeGeneres and her popular show. You don't have to be a journalist to host a programme like this. It's almost the same pattern globally. 3. The Internet has radically deregulated journalism and changed the entertainment industries and cultural production. Thus, even if there were rules guiding talk shows like Gabon's, she is free to...