Media fail to fulfil their role as watchdogs

SINCE it is part of the human condition that power corrupts, it makes for a healthy democracy to have an alternative government to the one in power available at each election.

The ongoing and relentless campaign of many political correspondents to undermine the possibility of any alternative government being offered in the next election is, therefore, pathetic.

This campaign limits the choice of the electorate. Its net result is nearly continuous government by one party. Its modus operandi is that coverage of political affairs is confined to obsequious interviews with the politicians in power.