The more the years pass, the more magnificent Now becomes!

2025-05-23 21:29:00, Opinione Mentor Kikia

The greatness of a man is not determined by the kind words they say to him the day they see him off, but by how much they remember him years after he is gone.

Dritan Hoxha is undoubtedly a man who has earned the status of eternity in this regard. The day of birth and the day of departure are days when many people bring him back to attention. And now, with each passing year, he seems to become even more magnificent. Time does not fade him, on the contrary, it proves that his brilliance was much greater than we perceived at the time when he was with us.

I have a big reason for this rating!

Now he gave the media (not just the one he founded), but the media as a whole, real power. He entered this field at a time when visual media was just emerging, poor, weak, controlled...

He invested unstintingly in technology . He was a visionary revolutionary, a strategist. He served as a model to attract pioneers in this field, and those who would jump into this sea after him.

But, above all, he gave the media power and authority. He raised it to the level of a power, as it really should be.

He had a passion for the media, he adored it. He didn't see it as a business, he didn't see it as a palace that you build to make money, nor as a supermarket to calculate what you sold and how much you earned.

The first news of the first edition on Top Channel: The government had given permission for the exploitation (extraction of sand) in the Gjipesa Bay. The then Minister of Economy called me in revolt. "What is this? Who did you tell? Okay, okay, I'm talking to Tanin myself."

He had spoken to Tan, and Tan's message was: Go ahead, deal with the matter. We did, until the destruction of the bay stopped.

The media took on the power of an institution. Citizens would come to television to complain about unsealed manholes in the streets. He revolutionized the media and with his vision established “Digitalb”, the platform that became the symbol of worldwide communication for Albanians.

After all this time, I see Tanin, his vision and his attitude even more magnificent. Journalism is going through difficult times today. The media has lost the absolute trust it had in the people.

And, for this reason, he seems even greater to me with his idealism.

He is missed in many ways. He is missed as a parent, as a family member. He is missed as a companion and friend. But society misses him as a unique visionary.

PS: Today is the day Tani passed away, May 23, 2008.