AGAIN this column is forced to highlight another act of highly unprofessional media conduct perpetrated by the Kaieteur News (KN) that has over the years earned a reputation of being a connoisseur of misrepresentation, misinformation, distortion and wholesale lies.It is not that OBSERVER is obliged to respond to such levels of gutter journalism to which this rag of a print journal has descended; for there are better uses that can be made of the space available – such as informing the Guyanese nation of the transformation that is slowly changing lives, leading to a better quality of living for all. But, it would be remiss of this writer if the public is not informed, and be kept vigilant by way of exposing this ugly publication for its continuous attempts at character assassination and uninhibited slander of high State officials. In other words – the war against the “dutty” agenda of this newspaper has to be a daily one. It must be stopped in its tracks, lest it subverts the minds of, especially, our well-meaning young people!

The latest target of its unending plethora of pernicious lies is the GUYANESE, a publication by the Government Information Agency (GINA), the main aim of which is to keep the DIASPORA informed of polico-socio-economic events back in their homeland. Without seeking to ascertain any detail as to the origins of this objective newspaper, Kaieteur News has resorted to defaming the Director of GINA, and the Press Liaison to the Presidency, ascribing improprieties as to the cost of having this Diaspora medium published bi-monthly. In other words, it is accusing these two gentlemen of financial skullduggery. Of course, it is barking for its main political Opposition dog, the Alliance For Change (AFC), now part of the unholy APNU-AFC alliance.
This is an old, evil tactic perennially employed by KN, of supporting its unsubstantiated stories, by defaming the integrity of officials that it seeks to target. Without fear or favour, OBSERVER contends that this is abuse of media freedom to the high heavens, which is not practised or allowed in any other CARICOM State.
However, it is not difficult to fathom the real reasons for this most recent media denigration by the KN. The fact of the latter’s latest descent to the pits is its panic reaction to Guyanese being given the other side, the correctness, of what is taking place in Guyana. They are now able to be informed by another news source. This obviously has very serious implications for KN that has for years held the monopoly of being an information source for the DIASPORA: their lies and fabrications will now be exposed.
Guyanese, whether home or abroad, should know that whatever is published in the GUYANESE is neither contrived nor concocted; but is instead news derived from already posted bulletins on GINA’s website. In both instances, they contain information that seeks to inform about Government’s socio-economic development policies.
Certainly there cannot be anything unlawful about such a function, since GINA is primarily discharging a constitutional duty of having the Guyanese public, whether home or abroad, informed of events in their homeland. Besides, it is the duty of this agency to disseminate information for and on behalf of the Government of Guyana.
And as a reminder, this has been an ongoing function of this agency that has, since its coming into being, published numerous programmes and publications that promote Guyana. OBSERVER sees no great sin in such a patriotic undertaking, since GINA is carrying out its mandate of upholding the democratic and constitutional right of freedom of expression.
It is apt, too, for OBSERVER to remind the readership that for all the trumpeting that KN has been making about the right to access information by the public, that it was hypocritically silent when its Opposition political backers in the National Assembly effected cuts to GINA’S budget for consecutive years, thus threatening its daily function of reporting to the nation.
OBSERVER hopes that these two officials are considering legal consequences against this internationally known purveyor of shameful journalism.