Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Soyinka to hold private funeral for death of “common sense” in Nigeria

Thank you, Dr. Farooq Mperogi, for shedding the light on the fake news. A lot of Nigerians still believe the fake news. I hope someone will tell Prof. Soyinka the truth.

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From: Farooq A. Kperogi
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Sent: December 6, 2016 at 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Soyinka to hold private funeral for death of "common sense" in Nigeria

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:25 PM, 'Funmi Tofowomo Okelola' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:

“Trump is not really my problem. What really matters is the rhetoric that got him there especially against Nigerians.

Can someone close to Soyinka let him know that he is the victim of fake news, that Trump never ever said anything about Nigerians, that the quote he read about what Trump allegedly said about Nigerians started as satire by "FNN," which stands for Fake News Network, and amplified as "truth" by credulous, incurious people? This is really embarrassing.

Farooq

Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Journalism & Emerging Media
School of Communication & Media

Social Science Building 

Room 5092 MD 2207

402 Bartow Avenue
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia, USA 30144
Cell: (+1) 404-573-9697
Personal website: www.farooqkperogi.com

Twitter: @farooqkperog

Author of Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World

"The nice thing about pessimism is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised." G. F. Will

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