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Outrageous! Who Owns ESAT Anyway?
Who Owns ESAT Anyway
Al Mariam's Commentaries
ESAT belongs to us. We own it because it exists with our support. ESAT journalists, commentators, analysts and others who have their own programs have served us well over the years. I support ESAT not because I agree with everything they do. I support them because of their independence, balance and professionalism. Alemayehu G. Mariam, Why I Support Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) and You Should Too!”, April 5, 2019.
We built ESAT with our blood, sweat and tears. We built ESAT with our donations, our ideas, our time and collective energies. We own ESAT! When I became ESAT Advisory Board chair in 2010, my dream was to see an institution that is built on journalistic integrity, professionalism and high standards of accountability and transparency… ESAT is our baby and we watched it grow (with growing pains) over the last 10 years… Alemayehu G. Mariam, “Why I Support ESAT Again and Again and Again… and You Should Too!”, October 21, 2020.
Who owns ESAT, anyway?
In the February 15, 2021 broadcast of Eletawi ESAT program (Ethiopian Satellite Television), I heard disturbing news that the Ethiopian Satellite Television operating from its headquarters in the U.S. is currently facing a clear and present danger to its organizational independence.
The facts as presented by the Eletawi commentators appear to revolve around two key issues:
Outrageous! Who Owns ESAT Anyway?
Who Owns ESAT Anyway
Al Mariam's Commentaries
ESAT belongs to us. We own it because it exists with our support. ESAT journalists, commentators, analysts and others who have their own programs have served us well over the years. I support ESAT not because I agree with everything they do. I support them because of their independence, balance and professionalism. Alemayehu G. Mariam, Why I Support Ethiopian Satellite Television (ESAT) and You Should Too!”, April 5, 2019.
We built ESAT with our blood, sweat and tears. We built ESAT with our donations, our ideas, our time and collective energies. We own ESAT! When I became ESAT Advisory Board chair in 2010, my dream was to see an institution that is built on journalistic integrity, professionalism and high standards of accountability and transparency… ESAT is our baby and we watched it grow (with growing pains) over the last 10 years… Alemayehu G. Mariam, “Why I Support ESAT Again and Again and Again… and You Should Too!”, October 21, 2020.
Who owns ESAT, anyway?
In the February 15, 2021 broadcast of Eletawi ESAT program (Ethiopian Satellite Television), I heard disturbing news that the Ethiopian Satellite Television operating from its headquarters in the U.S. is currently facing a clear and present danger to its organizational independence.
The facts as presented by the Eletawi commentators appear to revolve around two key issues: