LETTER TO XEXEMUXE
Xexe, for the benefit of those who misunderstood the purpose of my questions about the sex video involving the son of a minister and daughter of a university don, I humbly offer this simple explanation.
1. I am a journalist asking OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS.
Which means:
a) l took myself out of it and posed the questions objectively.
b) the questions do not reflect my personal values and beliefs.
2. I asked questions that bother on legalities, technicalities and morality
3. Those questions were the very questions l sent in a formal request to Whatsapp in my capacity as a journalist.
4. I have written two NEWS stories on this matter and in both stories, l was true to the facts as they were available to me. The first story reflected mainly speculations about everything, including the identities and ages of the characters in the video. The second one was more factual.
None of those stories suggested at any time my personal values or opinions.
5. I am not interested in doing an opinion piece on the matter for personal reasons.
6. I think those who mistook objective journalistic questions for a reflection of the values of the person behind the journalist did so out of ignorance, which is understandable, and misdirected hurt, which is not understandable.
Insulting a journalist for his objectivity says more than just wrongly pointing fingers at an individual.
It says that we should hail subjective journalism above objective journalism. If that is what we want to promote as a people when it suits us, then we should be prepared to support subjective journalism when it doesn’t suit us.
7. Seven is the number of God. So on number seven I want to let my critics know my subjective position on the matter. l frown on the distribution of porn on social media and I fully support the blocking of the video. I know who did it and l gave him, and still give him thumbs up.
As a journalist, when such material come to u, u treat it dispassionately. It has nothing to do with my uncompromising personal values.
Don’t get it twisted, Xexe.
Story by Samuel Dowuona
