Did this media organization practice responsible journalism at that time? Support your answer. What would have been done by Radio Milles Collines in averting genocide in Rwanda?
In April 1994, mass killings begun in a once peaceful country, Rwanda. Fingers were pointed at the most popular station, Radio Milles Collines. It was known for having the best disc jockeys in Rwanda and for its attractive mix of African music, news programming, and political analysis. Founded in 1993 and owned by family members and friends of President Habyarimana, the station preached an extremist message of Hutu supremacy, but many Rwandans became listeners because of the music it played. Radio Milles Collines on April 7 and 8: “You have to kill [the Tutsi], they are cockroaches.” May 13: “ All those who are listening to us, arise so that we can all fight for our Rwanda….Fight with the weapons you have at your disposal, those of you who have arrows, with arrows, those of you who have spears, with spears.Take your traditional tools.We must all fight [the Tutsis]; we must finish them, exterminate them, sweep them from the whole country.There must be no refuge of them, none at all.” And on July 2: “I do not know whether God will help us exterminate [the Tutsis].but we must rise up to exterminate this race of bad people….They must be exterminated because there is no other way.”
Did this media organization practice responsible journalism at that time? Support your answer.
What would have been done by Radio Milles Collines in averting genocide in Rwanda?
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