Dear Editor,
I have looked at the television reports by NCN and by Mr Moseley of President Jagdeo’s meeting with Guyanese in Antigua. Had I only seen Moseley’s report I would have concluded that the President’s address had not gone down well with the audience. I would have missed the loud applause and proud waving of the Golden Arrowhead by persons present.
I will be generous and assume that he probably was tired from the hectic schedule and dozed off, awakening only when those questions he reported on were raised. I have also read his vitriolic letter in the newspaper lambasting President Jagdeo and NCN. No President worth his salt will tolerate such disrespect. Hence the ban.
What is amusing and disturbing is how the media cleverly and deliberately shifted attention from the hostile nature of Mr Moseley’s letter and gave as the reason for the ban his “fair, honest, unbiased and professional” report. Not wanting to be left behind, those organisations and defenders of the people whose silence was deafening in the not-too-distant past have joined the fray.
However, it is my fervent hope that my fellow Guyanese understand the role of the media and that there are persons in the media who will distort incidents, misinform and mislead the readers and create mischief to achieve a particular objective. Do not be fooled!
Yours faithfully,
Carl Rogers
