IF YOU READ CAREFULLY BETWEEN LINES YOU WILL UNDOUBTEDLY UNDERSTAND THAT I WASN’T ACTUALLY CONTESTING CREDIBILITY OF YOUR STORY BUT RATHER AUTHENTICITY OF THE PICTURES ACCOMPANYING THE STORY (refer to the first underlining).I ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT BEFORE CRITICISING YOU IN “KULIKONI”,I DID CHECK THE PHOTOS’ LINKS I WAS SENT BY MY FRIEND,AND IT’S ONLY WHEN I WAS 105% SATISFIED THAT YOU INTENDED TO DECEIVE YOUR READERS BY USING FAKE PICTURES FROM THE INTERNET,THAT I DECIDED TO INCLUDE THAT MATTER IN MY COLUMN. YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO HOLD A SHORT COURSE CERTIFICATE IN JOURNALISM TO UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING DOCTORED,ENGINEERED OR FAKE PICTURES IN A STORY YOU SURELY JEOPARDIZE IT’S,AND THEREFORE YOUR PAPER’S,CREDIBILITY.SOME OF THE LINKS,WHICH I DIDN’T INCLUDE IN MY ARTICLE DUE TO THEIR EXPLICIT NATURE,ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Alisema ilipotimu saa mbili na nusu usiku, Fatuma alirejea nyumbani hapo akiwa na daktari huyo ambapo alimuaga kuwa anaondoka kidogo angerudi baadaye, lakini hakumuona tena hadi alipopata taarifa ya kifo chake. Aidha, baadhi ya watu waliokuwa wakinywa katika baa hiyo ambao walihojiwa na mwandishi wetu walisema kuwa walimuona Fatuma na daktari aliyetajwa kuwa naye wakipata ‘moja moto, moja baridi’, kisha waliondoka.