Recently there was a discussion on Facebook about the Stabroek News columnists and their relevance to those who read the newspaper. The discussion began with a lengthy critique by Imran Khan, which included graphics defining the columnists by age, ethnicity and gender.
The point of Khan’s critique of what he referred to as “the nation’s newspaper of record,” was to demonstrate the lack of voice given to the younger generation within the Stabroek News column pages. Although this is typical within most newspapers around the world,