Then US Ambassador to Guyana, David Robinson cabled Washington on the government’s termination of state advertising in Stabroek News in 2007 saying it was at best a public relations fiasco and at worst a misguided attack on press freedom.
In the cable dated January 26, 2007 and recently unloaded by WikiLeaks, Robinson said: “At best, the GOG’s withdrawal of advertising from Stabroek News represents a ham-fisted