Misleading the public and personal attacks – the norm of Kaieteur News
THE SAME medium publishing house; the same target; the same strategy – gross inaccuracies, misinformation, malicious and personal vilification, against the person of the former President of Guyana, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo.
Absolutely, more than any of the past personal attacks on the former President, this latest piece originating in the Kaieteur News depicts a journal that has exceeded its bounds in seeking to denigrate and bring the person of the former Head of State into disrepute.
To repeat that this is beyond the norm of professional journalistic practice is to put it mildly. This is about a newspaper becoming involved in politics, not objectively, but of the kind that is reflective of the horrible mental intent of the collective disparate forces of doom, whose views it represents. As in the many former instances, there can be no excuse for this continuous vendetta against a former Chief Executive who has served his country unselfishly.
Why should this print continue to harass Dr Jagdeo, particularly about his private, business transactions? Is he not, as any other citizen, inclusive of KNs’ publisher, entitled to privacy? Does he not, also, have the right to own property? Has anyone been investigating KNs boss’ material holdings? Would he be pleased, should such an action be directed towards him? The same questions, as well, must be asked of those on whose behalf he does such nefarious reporting.
What is so alarming has been the desperation at the attempts of misleading the nation, so as to slander the former President, resulting in another lie and falsity being exposed. More than that, it has caused great embarrassment to the specific property owner, which may even jeopardize his personal safety.
There are so many positive happenings taking place throughout this nation that this medium ought to be highlighting in its pages. Even internationally. No young, aspiring journalist, serious about a professional career as a journalist must ever think about KN as a model.
Finally, and as a reminder to all those who attack press freedom in Guyana – this is a classical case of abuse of the media, where a journal continues its daily diet of impunity. Where else does this happen?
