Mutsvangwa Lashes out at Journalists

By Raymond Maingire

The Zimbabwe Times – Zimbabwe’s former ambassador to China, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has branded Zimbabwean journalists a bunch of ignoramuses who are quick to criticize their government at the instigation of western powers.

The remarks by Mutsvangwa, a fierce defender of President Robert Mugabe’s controversial rule, invited angry protests from Harare journalists who felt he was trying to distract them from writing about the excesses of the Zimbabwean leader.

Speaking during a panel discussion which focused on the media environment under the envisaged Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) at the national press club, the Quill Club Friday, Mutsvangwa said local journalists had little knowledge about American politics but were quick to eulogize it while criticizing their own.

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