Tigrean youth group calls Erin Burnett ‘unprofessional’
Note: This is how the United Tigrean (Tegaru) Youth Network reacts to CNN
August 25, 2012
Dear Ms. Erin Burnett and all CNN Editorial Board
Millions of CNN’s ardent viewers are disheartened and disgusted by the one-sided and opinionated segment titled, “U.S. aid to Ethiopia helping neither us nor Ethiopians” that was aired on Aug 22, 2012 by Ms. Erin Burnett’s show OutFront program.
Ms. Burnett, United Tegaru Youth Network (UTYN), a group that has 5,000+ members would like to comment on the lack of your professionalism and credibility in your reporting. Amongst other, some of our members are journalists and aspiring journalists. In the best of our genuine and logical judgment we are unyielding to say, you brought shame to the profession. Ms. Burnett, is this how you and CNN feel about Ethiopia and or its respected late premier Meles Zenawi? Or is there unknown vendetta? We do not really expect you to know all of Ethiopia’s and our Prime Minister’s achievements in your stint trip to Ethiopia. But CNN’s viewers expect a two sided story and all you needed was to listen what other world leaders such as President Obama, Prime Minister Blair, and Ambassador Susan E. Rice have to say about our beloved and respected premier.
Is this really how other CNN’s reporters conduct their reporting, travel to a country and never even ask one single citizen of that country how they feel about their leader; yet have the audacity to label the prime minister a “totalitarian” and “dictator”? We stand to be corrected but we don’t think viewers care about your opinion, they care about the factual information that you can deliver as a journalist. As a result of its visionary and intellectual leader Ethiopia has achieved many great things on the world stage and it will continue to rise to improve the lives of its citizens who’s devoted love and determination is unquestionable.
Just a lesson for you, Ms. Burnett, Ethiopia is the only African nation to be never colonized, a country that practiced Christianity before Europeans, a country that accepted Islam before the middle East, home to the earliest human sightings and over 4 million years old human fossil, home to many Rock-Hewn Churches and other UNESCO World Heritage Sites….just to give you an idea to go back and visit and talk to its citizens. As it is said, Ethiopia is known as the cradle of humanity, Ethiopians have always decided their own destiny and it will always remain that way. However, we will always continue to have symbiotic relationship with others. Yes including “the Chinese”.
On behalf of our members and millions of Ethiopians we seek an apology from CNN and Ms. Burnett for what we perceive was racist and unprofessional reporting.
With at most sincerity,
United Tegaru Youth Network (UTYN)
These young Tigre fascists have showed their true nature and the characteristics of Meles that the journalist honestly explained without lying like President Obama, Prime Minister Blair, and Ambassador Susan E. Rice who are shameless leaders and admirers of Meles who murdered millions of Oromos, Sidamas, Somalis, Annuaks, and others.
Ms. Burnett is a respected and honest journalist whom Tigrayan fascists could not bribe to lie and hide their criminality.
I am glad horrible dictator meles die with blood murder, torture and rape
Thats good news for ethiopia people us well.
Ms.Brunet has a gut to say a dictator a dictator. Few supporters were mad. But I am ok with it, USA and UK run after there personal interest and care less about human right.
What these Agames thugs talk and and what journalist Erin Burnett has reported is different. She put objective facts and the agony of millions under the Tigrean minority and dictatorial regime. Meles the bookish didn’t create the so-called Ethiopian history they are mentioning and she didn’t mention about the Ethiopia history and who Ethiopia was uncolonized. When colonization is discussed, Absynia’s former rulers envaded and colonized the Southern independent states of Oromia, Sidama, Ogadenia/Somalia and others to incorporate into Abysinia and created the empire state of Ethiopia. Therefore, this journalist is a true and respected person who took journalism as an end and lives for her profession. Others in western higher government positions who have been indirectly recieving the millions of aid money/loans from Meles went further to praise him and some even travelled to Finfinnee/Addis Ababa to mourn the death of their servant & money transferer who has been working for them by sending the aid back into where it originated (these is more clear when we read about the case of the former Zair Republic where road infrastructure in that country was getting and getting shorter as US assistance was increasing year after year) and killing thousands of innocent Oromos, Sidamas, Somalis, Amharas, Gambellas etc.
You Ass whole shaibiya go take care of your country not Ethiopia, you people are dying of food go take care if them not our futuring Ethiopia ! We are on the way if development and democratic leadership thanks to our beloved Meles Zenawi, he was a great leader ever, he was very democratic and peaceful more over super smart hero, he has done many things for his country till he dies, he is not just sitting his ass and talking about CIA, and others like Essayas, his enemy is poverty and he already defeated that all Ethiopians are on thief way of bright future, who cares what you and countable extremist oppositions and shabiya supporters said, the whole Ethiopians 80++++ million people have mourned thier leader with a deep sarrow! This is a history! We love him for ever!
FYI, I am not Tigre I am pure Amara, from Gonder, Ethiopia but we are very proud if our late PM Meles Zenawi. Go Ethiopia for ever, for your lesson to know what this great leader has done for his beloved people I recommend you to watch the poem by Jornalust Tagel Seyfu ” Tekeflon Aneban!”
Bravo ! journalist Erin Burnett, your historical report about dectator meles and his regime is absoultely a professional work. please, keep it up.
I don’t understand why it is important to bring here such nonesense wayane claiming
Good job! Mr’s Erin that is true nature of wayyane, they can not represnt opressed innocent people of Ethiopia. They are criminal group which organized by criminal government!
Tegaru Youth is an ethnic group of minority ruling TPLF members. As members of TPLF they involved in many atrocities against other ethnic groups, thus, it’s a surprise to hear them using all forms of terms and words against professional international reporters like Erin.
Thank you Ayyaantu.com. It is very important to know what the fascist Meles created Tegaru youth associations are thinking and standing for.
Many thanks to the journalist Erin Burnett who presented facts as the fascist Meles did. One thing that I can accept from the Tegaru association is, their claim of “Ethiopia” being un-colonized. True, because Ethiopia by itself was and is a colonial power. Hence, a colonial power cannot be colonized. They are right on this point, and I urge them to do more on this issue.
At that time Ethiopia was called Abyssinia; at equal partnership with colonial powers like Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and the Czarist Russia. They recognized the then Abyssinia, in the Berlin Conference of 1884 as the only Christian colonial power of Africa. After, the conference, Abyssinia was allowed to colonise, Oromiyaa, Ogadenia and the Walayita, Giddicho and Kafficho kingdoms of the south. Sidama and Gedeo lands were brutally subdued. After the completion of the colony, Abyssinia changed her name to Ethiopia. All these colonies have been overtaken by Tigreans from their rival brothers, the Amharas, since 1991. It is only a matter of time, that all Abyssinian colonies, including the tiniest colony of Erbore, shall regain their independence soon. The crooked Habasha political and social mentality will be cut off from the righteous views and minds of the Oromo, Sidama, Ogaden, Walayita, Kafficho etc. peoples.
Ms Burnet is one of the few conscience of the world who deserve respect from all those who believe in freedom, justice, peace and development for the poor and the oppressed people of the world. Ms Burnet is a professional who does not feed on the blood and bone of the oppressed people of Oromo and the other people. Therefore, I declare Ms Burnet as one of the top friends of Oromo people. As the able lady rightly put it, Mallas has been washing his hand with the blood of innocet Oromo people. We know that many innocent Oromo people are imprisoned under his houses and office in Finifinnee and his birth place Aduwa against which Ms Burnet spoke. The Oromo independence struggle will cetainly make Tigreans to account for the genocide they have been commiting and continue to commite. The saddest thing is however, how come there is no one who speaks against the butchering of Oromo people by any single person from Tigreans? Is there no one with reason and conscience among Tigreans? All is still not lost. Tigreans do still have opportunity to cleanse themselve and side with the truth of Oromo people and prapare ground to live as neighbor with independent Oromia.
“Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence”
1. “The sum of our small efforts that we have repeated day in day out have started giving results and people of integrity must keep on doing the right thing until we realize our full aspirations to live as people freely without any fear of persecution. As Steven Biko of South Africa said, “The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” The liberated minds have transcended regional and religious differences and agreed to work together and we will soon prove to friends and foes about Jefferson’s observation that “… Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the later.” Even though our budding media and independent newspapers like Urji and Seife Nebelbal and magazines like Madda Walaabuu, Gadaa, Innika, etc. were suspended and the reporters and editors were persecuted and sent into exile, we have proved Jefferson’s wisdom and we never hesitate to prefer newspapers without a government. That is why Ayyaantuu Oromia’s reporters and editors are working hard tirelessly to educate our people. As Jefferson observed, “Democracy depends on the educated populace.” We are not implying that we know everything. Rather, we are saying that we will work hard in creating a medium and platform where different opinions and ideas are entertained.
Unlike in the past, we do not have to rely entirely on politicians alone to do everything. I am not undermining the contributions of our politicians. We honestly recognize their contributions. However, they have also polarized the people because they are too much overwhelmed by capitalizing on minor issues and tactical differences to get to where we want to. Having an independent media will create a platform for a good lawyer who should teach us about the importance of the rule of law. It must be an economist who should tell us what is good for our economy, a health professional to teach and tell us what to do about our health…etc.
As Abraham Lincoln said, “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” We know why our enemies persecute us. As the great public intellectual, Noam Chomsky, precisely puts it: “…coercion works; those who apply substantial force to their fellows get compliance, and from that compliance draw the multiple advantage of money, goods, deference, [and] access to pleasures denied to less powerful people…” Hegemony or Survival, p 52.
Make no mistake! This will not continue forever. The people have invented something and the Arab Spring has left a permanent lesson for the oppressed people of the world. The old tactics of divide and conquer are defeated by the Arab Awakening. Unity is the most singular power to defeat tyranny and the turnouts that we see in recent days are evident to this statement.
While he visited Ghana, President Obama said that, “Africa does not need strong men. You need strong institutions.” We need to build a very strong and independent media and free press so that it will eventually lead us to build the rest of our institutions – an independent judiciary, our own financial institutions, civil services, and electoral board and our own defense force that protects these institutions.
The editors of Ayyaantuu Oromia would like to congratulate the Oromo Community Organization of the Metropolitan Washington area for their achievements.” Taken from “History in the Making”, Ayyaantuu Oromia News Online’s popular article number one.
2. Media Control in the U.S.A.
“Lies, Lies, Lies” !!!!!
In one of his books, Media Control, The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, the great public intellectual of the 21st century, Noam Chomsky wrote: “The role of the media in contemporary politics forces us to ask: What kind of a world and what kind of a society we want to live in, and in particular, in what sense of democracy do we want this to be a democratic society?”
“The issue is whether we want to live in a free society or whether we want to live under what amounts to a form of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed elsewhere, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for their lives, and admiring with awe the leader who saved them from destruction, while the educated masses goose-step on command and repeat the slogans thy’re supposed to repeat and the society deteriorates at home. We end up serving as a mercenary enforcer state, hoping that others are going to pay us to smash up the world.”
3. Gratitude
I very much appreciate TASSC International, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group (ICG), Ayyaantuu Oromia Newsonline, OSG, OSA, Gadaa.com, HRLHA, etc,. for breaking the Conspiracy of Silence. I also thank Forbes Magazine, Erin Burnett of the CNN, Graham Peebles, Thomas C. Mountain and others for breaking the lies.
I also congratulate our energetic and passionate intellectuals – Professor Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Asafa Jalata, Professor Mohammad Hassan and others for their tireless works in educating the Oromo people and the rest of the world about Oromia and the Oromo people. Many thanks to our politicians and nationalists.
Kallacha W. Kune was named a GIANT of the Truth Speakers by Mary Harding, Director of TASSC Internationals’ Truth Speakers Project. A U.N. officer that visited TASSC International called him “You are a Powerful Advocate!” The Executive Director of TASSC International recognized him as “a Truth Speaker who is very good at making his point!” His recent article on Ayyaantuu.com is named “Article of the week” by TV Oromia of “Magaalaa” Toronto on August 20, 2012. One of his articles was also named “Article of the Week” by Qeerroo.net.
I also thank all Truth Speakers in general and Oromo Truth Speakers in particular for your willingness to talk to the American people and the rest of the world about the barbaric torture you have endured under Meles Zenaw’s brutal regime.
Jiruu Barii
From a College Without Walls
Prophecy fulfilled! Amen! Truth Shall Prevail!!!!
Tigreans are very worried people. Do not ever think that Obama and the rest will save you when the time comes. Obama and Blair did not prevent Islamic brotherhood, against whom they hugely funded Mubarak to crash them from coming to power. Rest assured Tigreans, your days are numbered and the day is fast approaching on your final demise. The sun is fast setting on you and the day you will be judged and account for your crime will be very soon. You Soddom and Gamora.
what ever the true is Ethiopians know better
and the Ms Barnet sow it
But shame for the Tigrean Youth Group that they still think thier Ganging backward idea of thier late Dictator leader meles Zenawi.
This time you may not succeed as you may think but take care don’t make mistake and regrate the rest of your life as a Tigreans because you already start standing asside as T or 11.
Don’t harass or accuse cnn stop it.
Dear Ms. Erin Burnett and all CNN Editorial Board,
During the ever harshest and hard time famine in the Northern Ethiopia in 1970′s, the BBC journalist was the one who exposed the secrecy of the Habesha ruling to the world. The journalist is praised every time in the world for exposing the situation.Journalists are beyond the world leaders such as Obama, Blair, Susan Rice etc.True journalist never talk from office. Now in my opinion the CNN will be the true media in exposing the situation in Ethiopia through there respected and dedicated professional Ms.Burnett.The rest of the world and the tax payers of the dictator supporting government should know what is going on by their governments. Thanks Ms. Erin Burnett and all CNN Editorial Board again and again for being a voice for voiceless nation.
These minority chest pumping fascists are dictating and robbing because they are FIRMILY UNITED WITH COHESION AND DRIVE aganist those whom they are occupying, killing, jailing and expelling from homes, communities and country for the last 21 long years.
The talking opposition can not remove them by being divided and talking alone just like the past 21 long years.
The opposition can only defeat this entrenched fascistic mafia dictatorship owning 21 years of hard expereinces only by uniting and forming common fronts for true democracy, pluralism, freedom, etc. and fight, diplomatically, politically, economically, socially, propaganda wise, militarily, etc. both at the local, national, regional and global levels. THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH AND DANCING ON THE ROSES IN THE BUSINESS OF BRINGING ABOUT POSITIVE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGES.
If you align your objectives and goals of the struggle you will have all the supports even beyond your belief so that the over fed and over drunk intoxicated mafia group will soon be isolated and decimated from the stage just like the Nazi army.
0 + 0= 0. That is it. I am sorry to say this but I have to say it, let them know who the so called the United Tigrean (Tegaru) Youth Network actual are. The so United Tigrean Youth network is nothing but the sons/daughters and underdog of TPLF and those who made their lives and fortune by killing innocent and plundering and sucking the blood of Oromo and other people of that empire. We and they knew that this is the end of them.
Dear Tigrean youth get up from deep sleep. It is open secret that We knew, you knew and the world knew that Melese was dictator, cruel, brutal and has committed crime against humanity. Does he deserve anything better than this? For sure no. What has he done with over 40 billion dollars he received in aid money? With a fraction of that aid money he build a few hundreds Km low quality roads, sold of fertile arable land to feed foreigners while the people of that country are still starved.
The people of Tigre and the so called this youth network are collaborators of criminals who have blood on their hands. They are cry not repair the already tarnished image of Melese but to save themselves from accountability for supporting and collaborating with genocidal, corrupt, and racist thug.
No doubt Melese would end up in ICC court in the Hauge. He is lucky he escape that. I wished him not this kind of peaceful death, but to face justice we lost under his arrogant leadership, the fate of North African leaders. the justices he denied to tens of thousands of innocent Oromos, Sidamas, Agnuaks, Gambillas and Muslims.
Thank God the devil is dead, we have lived for over two decades under killing, torching and we had enough of this dictator, now it is time for us to shine. By using this chance i would like to say congrats to the majority of Ethiopians on the death of Devil Meles and I will pass my sympathy to the minority group who were advantages in the evil era. Great Job Ms.Erin Burnett for your dedication to reveal the truth.
Ethiopian has suffer under dictator regime for more than two decade, even the world media has close it eye on Ethiopia, because of close tie with western, the country has succeed of mass killing it on citizens, and control the media and all opposition. Still being seen as figure by western power, now their mastermind has gone for good. I do not blame the tigry youth because they have benefited from burial regime, they get free scholarship from the state to go aboard to study, they have granted work after graduation when they return, when majority of Ethiopian population suffering economically educational. Off course everyone on earth who speak about them are enemy. The government will jell or kill all journalists, now they are even attempting to scare not Ethiopian media outside of the country; it is amazing how this people are foolish. The good thing is the dead of dictator has rise the truth more than ever in Ethiopia. I hope this will change something to help those who are paying huge price under zenawi .
What other way to label the late dictator, Meles Zenawai other than what he was- a murderer. Tens of thousans of Oromo prisoners are suffering in Ethiopian prisons and countless more are abducted and their loved ones and close friends do not know their whereabouts or even their existence. These Tigrean thugs are the very same people who are ransacking the country and commiting the crime. No wonder they wanted to maintain the status que.
Erin Bruenett, you are doing your journalistic duty and keep up the good work.
Oromia shall be free!
Death to all wayyanes ( Tigreans )
Victory to Oromo People!
Oromia Shall be free!
Injifannoo ummataa oromoof!
Oromian Nibilisomttii!
Gadaan gadaa Bilisummatii!
You confused Oromo, what else do you need from weyanie, they changed your name from a very disrespected name ” Gala” means slave to a beautiful name “Oromiya” ! They gave you a freedom of speech, why else do you ( onegs) need? Tikikil new tinish siyasayut tilik yimegnal yemibal, dint you remember from wher u come, the pervious leaders like Menilik, used to call you “Gala” which means a slave, now thanks to woyanie, they recognized you as a respected nation as other ethiopians, they made your language ” Galigna” , one of an official languages in ethiopa, …. Many many things, but you are still complaining I think you missed the rough life that you had before, if that’s the case go and join your Farher Shaibya and live bending your knee for his dictatorial life!