THE last five years have delineated a pattern that has become household  in the tradition of private   print  media  here in Guyana – the Kaieteur News’ continuing, relentless attacks on the PPP/C administration, with its centrepiece being an obsession with now former President Bharrat Jagdeo. Certainly, this must be a record anywhere in the Caribbean, for the flagrant abuse that continues to flow as freedom of expression from this journal.
It is particularly disturbing for a publishing house that has usurped the role of defender of the public’s right. Does it really understand what such responsibility is? How many times have the consequences of irresponsible reporting, which, in KN’S tradition, means slandering particularly high state officials, inclusive of the  former President Jagdeo, and defaming persons’ characters, especially those who would have made invaluable contributions to the ongoing modern development of Guyana? Surely, this medium has introduced an unprofessional and dangerous ethic which has been posing a threat to proper journalism as it ought to be.
The fact that it has continued to attack the person of the former Head of State/Government is proof that its publisher has a personal vendetta against one who, through selfless devotion, hard work beyond the call of national duty and exemplary service, has done for Guyana what  those who would have  trod prior, have not done. What other reason(s) can one ascertain to rationalise those continuous slanderous and malicious attacks that are designed to call into question the personal integrity of the most outstanding Guyanese leader within its modern history? There is simply no discernible reason that one can possibly think of, that supports such a daily staccato of obscenities that flow from this particular print medium as public information.
Lall is definitely  jealous of Jagdeo’s great achievements. He never expected a humble rural lad to rise to such national eminence, and well known international acclaim. Such resentment emanates from a mind that is as much mentally deranged as it is wholly anti-national; for any intelligent and patriotic countryman/woman would be happy as to what benefits their country  has  gained, as a result of such visionary leadership that  has led this  nation to its current status as one in transformative mode.
This has to be some of the most naked abuse of media freedom that can be found anywhere, done under the guise of press freedom.
Is such a desultory track record, the kind that a media house must continue to execute every day? Is not this a desecration of all the good tenets of journalism?
And how long must the readership continue to tolerate this serious violation of media principles?