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New Recruit Registered:: July 14, 2008
Posts: 87
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Taken from Stabroek News dated July 21,2008
Dear Editor, The impasse between Gordon Moseley and the ban on him from covering assignments at the President’s Office or the State House continues to attract valuable space in the newspapers to the exclusion of reports on government affairs which the press has a duty to cover and to report on for the benefit of the citizenry. So what is the issue that is causing the dividing of lines? When the President was in Antigua he attended a meeting with Guyanese residents. His opinion was that the meeting was very successful and there were only two minor issues when some adverse comments were made. Moseley who was present filed a report and allegedly highlighted the negative aspects in relation to Guyana. When the President rebuked Moseley he responded with a letter to the press. If the above is correct it is regrettable – “Breathed there a man with soul so dead that never to himself hath said, ‘this is my own, my native land.’” Do we see American journalists criticize their country or government, or run down their country? But then I do not deny Mr Moseley the right to do so; I defend his right to publish things as he sees them, blinkered though this may be. Mr Moseley’s letter says he will not respond to the President’s “wild and uninformed ramblings about the media.” That statement underlines his contempt for the President who is alleged to have made wild and uninformed “ramblings,” not statements. But he has not given evidence of any wild and uninformed comments by the President. He then goes on to offer gratuitous advice that if the President wants a band-aid propaganda excuse of a news item he should have paid the way to ensure a team from the state-owned NCN was there in Antigua. He then says the President should take the time to look at news reports and not rely on the advice of his PR machinery. Well, what do we have here – Moseley accusing the President of making statements based on second-hand information? The Guyana Press Association (GPA) is gloating over the fact that it has international support in the Moseley affair. But the statement from Reporters Without Borders has put the matter to rest. In a statement, it said “barring a journalist because a report displeased the President is an attack on pluralism and the press’s critical role.” GINA has made it clear that its ban on Mr Moseley has nothing to do with the Antigua report but with the disrespect and contempt Moseley exhibited in his letter and its insulting and abrasive tone. The ban relates to Mr Moseley’s attendance at the Office of the President and State House – the exclusive preserve of the President. Other members of Moseley’s team are free to attend, and Mr Moseley is not banned from attending any function at which the President may be present. So we see how the GPA has misled those from whom they seek support. Mr Moseley should have tempered his language and not got involved in a yard-fowl scenario. No one, not even Mr Nagamootoo, has considered it necessary to view the issue taking into account both sides of the story. Even Mr Vishnu Bisram commenting on the treatment of US reporters explained how their President would condignly treat those with whom he is displeased. Yours faithfully, Verwayne Adams |
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New Recruit Registered:: July 14, 2008
Posts: 87
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Finally, someone with sense has spoken up on the Moseley's ban. To add, I am surprize that Stabroek News published such a letter.
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Junior Member Location: New York
Registered:: February 04, 2008
Posts: 1517
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Wow!and in response the presidents bans him from OP and State House because he can.Sometimes you can take the measure of the man or woman by his response to his critics. Why are you surprised that Stabroek News published the letter?Balance and varied viewpoints elude your thinking? |
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Junior Member Registered:: September 05, 2006
Posts: 4428
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Is Mr. Adams the first person "with sense" to agree with the Moseley's ban? You have been defending it all along. Are you admitting that you have do not have sense?  At least we cannot accuse you of not having humility. |
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New Recruit Registered:: July 14, 2008
Posts: 87
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New Recruit Registered:: July 14, 2008
Posts: 87
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I am talking about the first letter that I saw in Stabroek News that supported the Moseley ban. |
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Junior Member Registered:: September 05, 2006
Posts: 4428
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Miss Adanna
Relax. Tell us a bit about yourself. Married? kids? etc. Why are you so focused om the Moseley's ban? I hope this is not the wrath of a scorned lover. |
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Junior Member Registered:: March 24, 2006
Posts: 1685
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BLACKBEARD, you changed names so many times, you must be working at GPO, birth certificate department. No wonder you want names, date of birth, marriage license etc. |
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Elite Member Location: ny
Registered:: July 12, 2002
Posts: 22191
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Adanna is clearly a soup licker who fears starvation in Guyana so is forced to sing for her supper of soup. |
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Junior Member Registered:: March 24, 2006
Posts: 1685
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Caribj, if racism were oil you’ would have been another Saudi Arabia |
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Junior Member Registered:: September 05, 2006
Posts: 4428
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I rather suspect she is doing a bit more than singing for her supper.  |
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Elite Member Location: ny
Registered:: July 12, 2002
Posts: 22191
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I think so but am too aware of liable to openly make any allegations. |
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Elite Member Location: ny
Registered:: July 12, 2002
Posts: 22191
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I see its now racist to protest racism. Hmmm. Yet you want unity. Well the AfroGuyanese in Antigua were chased there by racsim against them in Guyana and now face abuse as Guyanese in that island. Note they stay in Antigua so clearly the abuse there is less than in Guyana. |
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Junior Member Registered:: April 04, 2008
Posts: 1463
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Mr. Moseley is right. The President is known to have made WILD and UNINFORMED RAMBLINGS ABOUT THE MEDIA! It is not contemptuous to speak the truth. The President has expressed grave dissatisfaction with the independent media for reporting what he deems negative stuff about his government. He said as much at the launch of the Guyana Times tabloid (i.e. it will give positive reports of what is happening compared to the negatives from other newspapers). What he really wants is for the free media to always paint a positive image of him and his government, regardless of the facts on the ground and in our faces. If the President wants POSITIVE reports, then he has to rely on his state employees at the radio and TV stations and the Guyana Chronicle. This Verwayne Adams guy needs to ask the President why, in a so-called democracy where the free media are an important sector, there is no Freedom of Information Law to allow the private media to investigate the government's reports by availaing facts and data. |
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