I was hurt and upset today when I heard on radio VIVA how a journalist of this station (pro TGV) treats people who publish news on internet. This man said that news from internet are stupidity that VIVA listeners should not care about. As I am a blogger and as I am spreading news from Madagascar through internet, I am personnaly feeling insulted.
I tell you man that bloggers are not paid like you to tell what your boss wants you to tell. Bloggers are journalists who try to relate only truth, only what they really see and what they really hear.
I was never pro Ravalomanana nor pro TGV and I tell you that I risked myself to get news from each side without getting paid. And this is the proof of real love of sharing true information. Here, I am talking about all information but not only those which sweet the person you “serve”.
DagoTiako 
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February 10, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Tahina
Well said Ariniaina.
February 10, 2009 at 3:15 pm
simp
understand that they serve their cause… it’s nothing personnal, I guess… can’t talk on their behalf…
but if u’re really pissed, you can use the F. word 😉 8)
February 11, 2009 at 11:26 am
DotMG
Informations and news from internet are, IMHO, not stupid. At least compared to informations and news from radios and TVs.
But Opinions seen on internet are very often really stupid.
February 11, 2009 at 3:10 pm
lomelle
stupid lui même c’est pas parce qu’il ne peut pas nous contrôler oui
February 11, 2009 at 3:11 pm
lomelle
stupid lui même c’est pas parce qu’il ne peut pas nous contrôler oui ce que je sais c’est qu’on est plus ouvert que Viva et plus neutre certainement
February 11, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Joan
this is just a matter of luck and culture…most of the time haters pollute malagasy and french speaking blogs, lomelle experienced very unpleasant comments from someone who didn’t even take the time to read her thread. We see very very very little dramas on english speaking blogs (most of the time the nonsenses come from az guy called *simp*!DOT). The day you succeed in making our countrymen speak english, there you’ll get the haters from everywhere.
Since a blog is personal and the author very very very easy to identify, I’ll advise you all to use discretion and prudence. If we want this media to become the powerful one it deserves to be, let’s follow the rules of safety and neutrality not fueling the hate and react to provocations.
I agree with DotMG : people can’t keep but thinking that the threads adress to their personal feelings so they just can’t help it! 90% of internauts are anonymous and for the first time in their lives are allowed to say whatever they feel like saying….bloggers do the same. Most of media in Madagascar and in many country are not used to this kind of interactivity (even if they have phone calls from audience, it’s just easier to hang up).
Let’s just hope that censorship don’t reach to internet, can you imagine Malagasy blogosphere without access to WordPress?????
February 13, 2009 at 7:48 pm
streetrover
As a Malagasy living abroad, I’d like to applaud and recognize your efforts in getting your views about the M/sy reality from the ground. I do read the other “professional” local media, but I get more out of the blogs. The other sites appear to have been hijacked by hatemongers of all sorts.
I am optimistically surprised to see the increase in the number of blogs in recent months. PLEASE, keep doing what you do (and love) … don’t let the biased views of these people deter you in any way. We all know their objectives.
I see that you are on Twitter; please invite your friends and acquaintances to Twitter, it adds another dimension to the Malagasy internet community. News and ideas spread fast and it can only be good. We can’t afford to go back to the bygone era of … you know whom.
‘Gosh, I miss my hometown … Antananarivo.
February 21, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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