The abducted Kano 9 and media hypocrisy By Abdulyassar Abdulhamid Who thought the news of the abducted Kano 9 would not be given that pride of place on the cover pages of the southern media outlets? The southern media have their own way of doing things, but that should not have anything to do with ‘humanistic journalism’. ‘Journalism’ is a preciously sacred and respectful profession. Ordinarily, the media are expected to present a balanced picture of the world to their readers/audiences thereby rendering a genuine service to humanity. This unfortunately cannot be said of the southern media. Their penchant dissimulation and hypocrisy reached its peak last week Friday. But at least we are in the age of self-congratulatory media, when journalists, reporters, editors as well as analysts, call themselves freedom fighters or good Samaritans of some kind. One ominous thing about the southern media is that they are very notorious for prejudiced reporting. The media are well-known for...