Submitted by Douglas
Monday’s Nation Editorial is a classic example of what my Mass Com professor used to call ‘Pussy Cat Journalism’. From the accusing headline to the first few paragraphs and the general drift and body of the story, a reader is sure to deduce that Government was at fault for the delay in the Bushy Park Development.
But, read on, and you would see who is responsible for the delay. In fact, no application has been submitted to Town Planning as yet. So, a reasonable person is tempted to ask: why such an editorial? Why even state that “in light of the number of Government Ministries and Departments that would be involved in carrying out an assessment …….. of the application”; and “We are sure that once the application seeking permission has been duly submitted, the Town Planning Department would, as speedily as possible, process the paperwork for a developmental project that would greatly assist our starved economy, while ensuring that the public’s long-term interests are respected and protected.”
Of course, all that is designed to put doubt in the readers’ minds as to government’s ability to ‘rise to the occasion’, and also intended to put pressure on Government, Town Planning, et al, to expedite the approval whenever the tardy Barbados Motoring Federation eventually gets around to submitting an application. Well, well!
Why didn’t the Nation hold Andrew Mallalieu’s (President of the Barbados Motoring Federation) feet to the fire, instead of skirting the real issue. He did not even get a wrap over the knuckles. But then, the Nation newspaper does not come over as reasonable, at least not where this government is concerned.
Just shows you how disingenuous and anti this administration the Nation newspaper and its cohort, VOB, are. Everyday, they relentlessly seek to manipulate and influence the emotions and thinking of readers and listeners to the detriment of this government. Their agenda is so clear. It is really astonishing the length and depths they will go to.
Well, I will not let up either in showing them up on the blogs
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