OVER the last 24 hours, there have been accounts in select sections of the media implicating me in a manufactured controversy. The Kaieteur News, in collaboration with Inews, is obviously trying to create a storm in a teacup because what they have reported so far is mostly imaginary in the minds of those journalists who are bent on propagating lies, distortions and mischief. However, it must be known that I will not be intimidated by the scandalous and mischievous Kaieteur News and its media provocateurs.The intolerance often demonstrated by sections of the media to dissenting views, criticisms of their shortcomings, lies, distortions and mischievous reporting cannot be healthy for our society, particularly as we consolidate our democracy.

As a citizen of this country, I have a democratic right, as equal as the free press, to object to the lies, distortions and misinformation of those in the media as is the case in this particular instance, much to the annoyance of Kaieteur News. WHY does the Kaieteur News believe it has to have the upper hand always.

It comes as no surprise that during this season the Kaieteur News would launch such a distasteful attack on me, as this has been the pattern during the last three election seasons. It begs the question for what purpose am I the envy of the Kaieteur News.

Kwame Mc Coy