INFORMATION Minister Cornelius Mweetwa has directed public broadcasters like ZNBC to give balanced coverage to all political parties, saying their behaviour of trying to impress government with pro-government stories can make an administration unpopular. Meanwhile, Mweetwa says the opposition’s agenda to pardon their friends convicted of corruption when in power should be condemned in the strongest possible terms. Speaking during an engagement with public media institutions’ heads, Thursday, Mweetwa said negative reporting should be left to media houses that were sponsored by the enemies of progress. He added that the public media’s role was to be mouthpieces of the government. “I am holding the view that thus far the public media and indeed the private media have done a remarkable...
