THE Ombudsman, Justice Winston Moore, has criticised the Kaieteur News for its “extremely unfair” headline regarding his controversial 25-page report on the criminal charges brought against three former New Building Society (NBS) employees, following a $69M fraud in 2006.The tabloid, on November 13, published an article on the report under the headline, ‘Explosive Ombudsman report…Jagdeo ordered dismissal of NBS boss…because he refused to lend US$10M for Berbice Bridge’.
Moore said at a press conference, “I saw the headline referring to the former President firing someone over the Berbice River Bridge, and I thought that it was unfair, because when you read the report, it is what Mr. Arjoon is alleging… In my opinion, it was an extremely unfair headline.”
Government should ask this said Ombudsman to start working to pass laws that once any news media posts an article which turns out to be fabricated, then that news media should be fined one billion dollars and be shut down for one full year; and if the owners try to open a new media in that time-span, then they should be jailed for no less than twenty-five years.
This can happen to stop the lies that are being peddled in these so-called free independent media; if not, the Government will forever have to keep defending these lies being peddled against it.
Demerara Waves’ report that Jagdeo flew on a private jet with the current President is totally false. What should the Government do? Defend yet another lie instead of taking care of the peoples’ business?
It just goes to show that because these so-called free independent media have to answer to no one, they post what they feel like; when they feel like. It has to stop somewhere, because their lies have long since gotten out of hand.
TED KING