In what looks a continuation of media coverage battle/debate over the Dusit terror attack, another newspaper has hit Kenya hard with its statements.
In a report by The Sun, on Tuesday, January 22, the UK paper reported that the SAS soldier who was flown out of Kenya a day after rescue operation ended was flown out of Kenya because of the exposure of his identity.
The SAS soldier was among key security men who were lauded locally and abroad for his selflessness in rescuing individuals trapped at 14 Riverside Drive during the terror attack.
Britain however, seemed appalled by the splashing of their elite soldier’s images on social media platforms and mainstream media publications calling for an immediate evacuation of the SAS trooper.
The Sun newspaper of Britain labelled Kenyans “idiots” for sharing photos of the British Special Air Service (SAS) who was part of the rescue team on social media sites.
After the Dusit attack, a huge debate was as well generated over how the media covered the incident.
The decision of a number of US and European outlets including the UK’s MailOnline and Germany’s Bild to some photographs was instantly condemned on Kenyan social media.For instance the picture of the dead men slumped over the tables in the Nairobi restaurant where they had been been published.
The New York Times came in for the most criticism. The newspaper, angry users said, was using the “misery and tragedy” of Tuesday’s terror attack on the Dusit hotel for clickbait.