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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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Taken from the Guyana Chronicle July 18, 2008
Dear Editor: We need to respond to the Derek Sampson’s misinformed letter in Stabroek News of July 17, 2008. Sampson presents a case of media harassment by the Guyana Government, and cites these cases: withdrawal of advertisements from Stabroek News; the ‘April 2008’ suspension of CNS 6TV; and now the declaration of Gordon Moseley as persona non grata. STABROEK News’ limited circulation and limited reach drove the Government Information Agency (GINA) to withdraw the placement of advertisements from that newspaper. GINA’s policy on the placement of advertisements is as follows: place newspaper advertisements in the state media plus one private media house. And so in order to comply with the policy of placing advertisements in only one private newspaper, GINA made a business decision to focus its commercials mainly toward the Kaieteur News, certainly not a pro-government newspaper. The Guyana Chronicle is the state’s newspaper, not a private newspaper. GINA’s policy decision complied with economic factors. And this kind of competition and the free market should further refine press freedom; at least, so say the advocates of capitalism. The ‘April 2008’ suspension of CNS 6 from transmitting and the ensuing enforcement of that suspension was due to its non-compliance with the terms and conditions of the National Frequency Management Unit’s (NFMU) licensing conditions. The suspension once again brought into play intentional confusion between freedom of speech and compliance with licensing conditions. The CNSTV 4-month suspension issue attracted wide publicity and titillated the imaginations of the Opposition forces and others. Any threat to kill any President of any country is more than serious; and a caller on the CNSTV ‘Voice of the People’ made such a threat. The broadcaster on CNSTV acknowledged the difficulty presented by this caller; and so CNSTV, through this broadcast, violated the conditions of the Licence as well as the law. Yet CNSTV effected three unedited rebroadcasts of this program; the television station had sufficient time to edit out the ‘threat’; but failed to take corrective action. Now, let’s move to the issue of the persona non grata status of Mr. Gordon Moseley. Mr. Moseley acquired persona non grata status at the Office of the President (OP) and State House as a direct result of reproachful and disrespectful comments on the Head of State in his letter to the press. He can continue to cover the President, but at events outside of the premises of OP and State House. Indeed, Mr. Moseley already recently covered the President at the CARIFESTA Secretariat. Freedom of the press is not absolute; and so there must be boundaries and limitations. There must be professionalism and a journalist code of conduct that is alien to Denis Chabrol of the Guyana Press Association. Prem Misir |
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Senior Member Registered:: June 17, 2002
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Dr Misir is absolutele correct and that is what I have been saying the whole damn morning!!!!
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Member Location: Bradenton, FL
Registered:: May 10, 2006
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Mr Misir,
Could you say what role you envisage for UG in the President's National Competitiveness Strategy? Tell us about those labs. Are there a physics and accounting programs at UG? What can be done to raise money for UG outside of government grants? How is the research output at UG? What about implementing some aspects of the 1996 Cheddi Jagan Report on UG? Thank you. Sincerely, TK |
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Member Location: Bradenton, FL
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Oh shucks...suh Misir reading Adam Smith dese days! Suh let we apply some free market capitalism to the radio station monopoly nuh? |
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Elite Member Location: ny
Registered:: July 12, 2002
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You really need to read Animal Farm. What ever the pigs (the PPP) tell you you repeat like a sheep. No critical thinking whatever. |
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Elite Member Location: ny
Registered:: July 12, 2002
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Let him explain why the govt owns radio stations and a newspaper and a TV station whenh such functions are more efficiently performed by the private sector. All the govt needs is GINA and it can use existing PRIVATELY owned media to disseminate such info. And then use capital spent to maintain these outlets to improve our deplorable educational system. 20% of Bajans have had tertiary level education. I wonder what the comparable numbers for Guyanese are? |
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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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Your questions have been forwarded to the Vice-Chancellor of UG, and who has responsibility for the administration of the University. The Pro-Chancellor has responsibility for the formulation of policy. |
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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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Misir can speak for himself. But first you need a broadcasting authority to create a framework that address the public interest, convenience, and need in broadcasting; we need to do this for radio, first, prior to any dismantling of the radio monopoly. Otherwise, you would face a situation like television where there is no semblance of a normative framework. |
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Knows the ropes Member Registered:: September 05, 2006
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The PPP have been promising this broadcast act for eight years now. How much long do you envisage it will take?
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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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Not long now. |
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Knows the ropes Member Registered:: September 05, 2006
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Banna, you sound like one on my Amerindian brothers. He says "Not far" and then he rass gat me walking for 10 days. |
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Senior Member Registered:: June 17, 2002
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Adanna, A word of caution, many on this board were Trained by Pavlov so dont get excited with them!!!
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Member Location: New York
Registered:: February 04, 2008
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Sixteen years and counting,what are you waiting for? Examine the rest of the Caricom and see how Guyana matches up in this department. |
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Member Location: New York
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Nehru,I guess Pavlov's dog will now meet Squealer and that should prove instructive. |
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Knows the ropes Member Registered:: September 05, 2006
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We should restart our "Animal Farm" thread matching politicians to each character. |
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Senior Member Registered:: June 17, 2002
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Bhai, Some on GNI are DOGS who lack basic common sense! They are in the wromg Place, they need to move to rawanda of Darfur!!!!
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Member Location: New York
Registered:: February 04, 2008
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Member Location: Bradenton, FL
Registered:: May 10, 2006
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So I take it that you have a direct contact with the Pro-Chancellor? |
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Member Location: Bradenton, FL
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Remind me again? Who must initiate such a broadcasting framework? The PPP govt or the folks on GNI? BTW, Didn't Robert Persaud and Anand Persaud received TV license also? ANd how different is Kwame McKoy's rhetoric than those in the opposition? And who controls NCN? |
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Junior Peeper Registered:: February 24, 2008
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Originally posted by TK:
Oh shucks...suh Misir reading Adam Smith dese days! Suh let we apply some free market capitalism to the radio station monopoly nuh?[/QUOTE] When Misir was attacking the PPP before 1992 I advised him that socialism was a very costly enterprise. It takes money to run a socialist system. Where would the money come from ? I advised him to read my old professor J.L.Hanson of the LSE. I also advised him to read Marx. |
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Member Location: Bradenton, FL
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Scarcity constrains all economic systems in the spectrum from laissez faire to communism. Furthermore, I doubt whether Marx or Hanson has adequately addressed that question. |
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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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If you examine the history of attempts to institute a broadcasting law in Guyana, you would see that government wants a strong input on self-regulation from the broadcasters themselves. And for all these years your precious and hard-working private media journalists cannot agree among themselves on how they should be regulated. You cannot put a law in place until you have some semblance of agreement among the direct stakeholders. Incidentally, these efforts started since the days of the PNC dictatorship. |
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Knows the ropes Member Registered:: September 05, 2006
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Adanna Did Guyanese elect the media journalists to enact the laws of GY do did they elect the PPP to enact the laws of Guyana? And continue to use the demonic PNC dictatorship as the benchmark to measure progress after 16 years in power. It just demonstrates how bankrupt you are. |
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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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I am surprised you do not know about the division of labor at UG, and for that matter all tertiary institutions; the educated know how universities function. |
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New Peeper Registered:: July 14, 2008
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What I am saying is that in the preparatory stage to formulate any law, direct stakeholders should input the process; in that way, the appropriate interests are included in the law. Then such a law would have great support for its implementation and enforcement. Prior to enactment, there should be a process that works toward achieving a convergence of interests; it is not always possible, but that should be the goal prior to enactment. |
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