Museveni Takes on Journalists in Presidential Address

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For journalism, politics is a heavily reported subject and yet in the thick of it are contests of ideas – sometimes so brazen and daring as to draw sides against each other. With a swipe at the media in his State of the Nation address last night, the president sought, not only to send a message of his displeasure but buy the media into a narrative of what he perceives to be the state of the country. Raymond Mujuni, in this story, navigates the tricky relationship the media has to play in deeply polarizing political issues.