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- 22 December, 2024
MADEIRA AND CENSORED NEWSDAY REPORT ON AL RAWI
WHAT does newly-honoured media man Jones P. Madeira know of the censoring of Newsday’s reporting on the Attorney General Faris Al Rawi scandal?
Does Madeira know the senior news person at the daily newspaper who responded to a senior government official and played down the latest story on the public outrage?
NO, NICKI, NO
RINIDAD and Tobago-born rapper Nicki Minaj is getting blows from around the world – including from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson – for anti-Covid-19 vaccine statements.
Minaj, formerly of St. James, said that a cousin in T&T got swollen testicles and became impotent as a result of the vaccine, and put off his wedding.
HYPOCRISY OVER JASON WILLIAMS
N 1996, the entire urban media rose up in heated protest when attempts were made to appoint a former UNC Member of Parliament to a news job at State-owned TTT.
As a result, the appointment of news veteran Gideon Hanoomansingh was rescinded.
The TTT newsroom, headed by activist journalist Tony Fraser, protested the planned hiring, the Media Association groused for days, daily newspapers wrote stinging editorials and various commentators also raised their voices.
REBRANDED TTT COSTS TAXPAYERS $45 M IN 3 YEARS
THE re-branded Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT), which has turned three years old, has already set back taxpayers by $45 million.
But Chief Executive Officer, one David Roberts, has been bragging about the success of the State-owned broadcaster.
