| Abstract: |
This paper takes a critical look at the call by the third world or developing countries for a new world information and communication order and concludes that the call was unnecessary in the first place. The contention of this paper is that the definition of news in the developed countries of the world is clearly different from the definition of news in developing or under developing countries of the world. The paper argues that one cannot sell a bad product no matter how good one advertizes it.This implies that untilthe developing countries show themselves any commitment to the ideals of democracy, to providing basic social amenities for her people, make conscietous efforts to tackle the problem of corruption, poverty and have in place educational and health institution that are vibrant and catering to the need of the masses, and reduce cases of violent crimes and anti-socio behaviour, there will be no balanced reporting in the media of the developed countries of the world about third world. |
