As even more revelations on the perfidious and even fraudulent acts of Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall continue to surface, this self-anointed crusader against corrupt practices has proven to be the epitome or embodiment of all that he pretends to abhor, but which he has been exposed to have practised with abandonment – such as reports of him stealing millions of dollars of electricity; being linked to a stolen transformer from GPL, which is alleged to have been found on premises in which he has interest; being revealed by U.S. investigation as a human trafficker; among many serious crimes, for which he has never been prosecuted; and from this, one can safely surmise that he is a sacred cow – untouchable because, like C.N. Sharma, if he is prosecuted for crimes he is alleged to have committed, all the supporters of the criminals – opposition parties, media operatives, NGOs, even some foreign envoys would jump on a bandwagon and accuse the Government of vendetta and abuse of state power to suppress press freedom, without letting the law take its course.

The Government would, in the interest of peace in the nation, be forced to back down and allow a felon to once again get off without prosecution.
During observances to commemorate the death anniversary of the Father of the Guyanese Nation, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, at the Port Mourant crematorium on Sunday 1st March, a couple of years ago, then Guyana’s Head-of-State, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, and at that time General-Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Mr. Donald Ramotar,  spoke of the role some sections of the Guyanese media are today attempting to play as kingmakers, or in this instance, president-makers, in efforts to chart a new course in this nation’s political demographics, with no pretence at seeking facts or clarifying issues to attain some degree of objectivity in their news reports.
Addressing the large gathering paying homage to a man who epitomised truth, sincerity and uncompromising adherence to integrity, the leader denounced the propensity for gutter journalism that has become a norm in Guyana’s media world, and adjured media practitioners to become more professional in their approach to executing their duties, because those duties are mandatory and above self-serving agendas and prejudices, if the credibility of both the reporter and the media house he/she is representing is not to be compromised.
Lo and behold, only three days after being adjured to strive for greater professionalism, there appeared on Page 13 of the Kaieteur News an article vilifying the Guyana Rice Producers Association and its General-Secretary, ascribing to the General-Secretary remarks that he could not possibly have made, because he was not present at the meeting they had alluded to and had not been asked by the media house for a clarification on his position on the issue that was in contention. Yet he was quoted as having made the remarks for which he was being taken to task by the Kaieteur News.
This lack of a sense of responsibility on the part of some media houses to report the news accurately and not to serve the vested interests of interested parties by vilifying public personalities, besmirching the reputations of business firms without verification of facts, and tarnishing reputations of innocent parties, without ensuring that their facts are accurate, if indeed that is their intent, redounds to no one’s benefit, and discredits the profession as a whole.
We urge our colleagues in the media fraternity to be objective and fair in their reporting, and the Guyana Press Association to be fair in its representation of Guyana’s media fraternity, because it has been noted that the GPA took strong action when Mr. Gordon Moseley was sanctioned by Guyana’s Head-of-State for inaccurate coverage of an event, then for being disrespectful and making disparaging personal remarks in a published statement about Guyana’s then President, but was thunderously silent when PNC Chairman of the Region 4 Council ejected an NCN reporter from a meeting to which he was entitled to attend, for giving no offence whatsoever, among a plethora of other anomalies.
The once respected profession of journalism has become the footstool of the power brokers and the opportunists, and reporters are mere pawns in the clutches of the moneyed and the moghuls, with their ethics guided by the all-powerful dollar.