Mr. Freddie Kissoon made reference to me in his reply to Harry Gill (KN Mar 13).  Kissoon needs to temper his writings with logic and facts and avoid personality attacks – the hallmarks of good writers.  Kissoon is yet to pen one fact about me and is yet to apologize for all his name callings and lies attacking me and others. Kissoon has limitless space and freedom to write anything (a lot of foolish things) in KN and as such writes at will, attacking people without justification.
In journalism, there is a concept called “right to reply”, of which Kissoon is not familiar, and which is not adhered to and, as such, peoples’ right to a reply is not guaranteed space in the paper.
Mr. Kissoon uses his columns for personality attacks and settling scores with people with whom he had disagreements, or to advocate a position – engaging in advocacy journalism with daily diatribes against officials.  That is not the purpose of a column — it is to elucidate and educate people about issues.
Anyone reading Kissoon’s columns comes to the inevitable conclusion that they are not fair, balanced and objective and that they are basically anti-anyone who Kissoon dislikes.
Kissoon is clearly not a competent columnist, for there is not much in his writings that are truthful and that don’t attack people without justification. Kissoon’s writings lack reasoning and scholarship as well as the right meaning of terms and concepts.  If readers feel I am mistaken, I urge them to read Fareed Zakaria on “Illiberal Democracy”, as an example, to see how wrong Kissoon is in his mis-interpretation of the man’s theory.
The same is true of Kissoon’s misunderstanding of so many other theorists and philosophers.
As someone who is well read and who have graduate degrees in all of the social sciences, I assure readers that Kissoon misstates and distorts scholars’ positions and misquotes people to prove his arguments. When evidence is not available, he manufactures them to buttress his arguments.  And when he is defeated in an argument, he calls on political parties to go after those who outshine him.  That is the nature of Freddie Kissoon.
There is no professionalism to Kissoon’s writings and he does not show serious and credible scholarship.  I do not always agree with the views expounded by other columnists and letter writers but I respect and enjoy reading their commentaries.
These columnists define their main terms and seek to prove their points logically.  They don’t focus on personalities and  attacking people. Kissoon is the exact opposite, demonstrating no professional qualities.  It makes one wonder whether Kissoon really went to college for he does not show the qualities of an academic. For example, examine the writings of academics. You see a lot of evidence of sound scholarship.  They state their theses clearly and argue persuasively to prove their point. Kissoon does not.  Instead, Kissoon engages in polemics.  And since he cannot argue a point cogently or debate intellectually, he enters the gutter, going after peoples’ personalities.
Kissoon always queried where people studied and their jobs – what do these have to do with their arguments and writings?
Kaieteur News needs to set standards, rules, guidelines for writers like Kissoon. Since he professes to be the best academic at UG, the standards for him as a columnist should be higher than for others. He should be held accountable for accuracy and objectivity. When paraphrasing others, he should be accurate and not misstate their positions, which is a trademark of his.

Also, Kissoon needs to desist from making uninformed statements and allegations without proof. He should avoid using undefined terminology and complicated words for general readership.
He should strive for simple, uncluttered and clear expressions and honest revelations, not fictions.  In so doing, he will boost his sagging reputation.