54 years on this May, M.B. Jones's strong editorial statement is still relevant in today's Gambia, a developing country where a small independent press is stifled.
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"A fearless, outspoken, unbiased newspaper is not only a desideratum to a backward and underdeveloped nation, but an indispensable tool for progress," Gambian journalist Melville Benoni Jones wrote in an editorial in the Outlook on May 3, 1960.
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