keep it. absolutely.

but prepare for potential spin storms, i'd say

Yes.

Lets see how long that list gets.

Just to mention again, I was writing in the 90's and new voices have been added to the mix regarding opinion since then. At the time, David White allowed only American columns and his own.

It was some of the ideological rules that particularly Mr. White brought to the newspaper that I think contributed to holding back Public discussion, thus "What role the Press?"

Asking questions of Government is profoundly frustrating. General Orders rules the Civil Service and appears open to interpretation. Questions can go up the chain of command in the Service, to the Minister, Cabinet and back down to the asker. Which inevitably leads to more questions. 

A government that gleefully refuses to even entertain questions is a special touch. My condolences.

Regarding Freedom of Information (2011?), given that the key plank of the PLP 98 Election Platform was a promise to govern in the sunshine of public scrutiny, there is no reason, in a democracy, that more answers can't be forthcoming even without an actual law in place. Maybe a poll could be conducted to find out if the People believe they are entitled to greater access to the business of government that they finance. Open government was apparently important to voters in 1998. Is that true today?

Several years ago, the Press engaged the People in a Public Forum. Maybe that could happen again. And perhaps you could arrange for a respected speaker to deliver a civics lesson. Maybe Chris Rock. Hah!

Jeremy, so many hands have brought Bermuda to this place, and not all helpful. Today,with all the forms of communication available to the market place, maybe positive social change will occur at a slow creep, under our noses, with no particular author. A litmus test might be, whether the PLP could ever run an election, like this one, ever again.


Eddie

Or sir, it could be used as an avenue by the media for their own purposes other than printed journalism as the free speech here is not subjected to the stringent rules of libel et al as most daily's are. Just me tinkin. I love conspiracy's.............

Gotta run.......opening my new Paper tomorrow....using recycled toilet paper....."The Rummy Daily Poop Scoop".

 

I appreciate your position. Things have evolved with the Press since my experiences in the nineties, but the perceived legacy of being the organ of white supremacists, still tempers the view of some and is exploited by others.

Does the Royal Gazette ever try to attract and cultivate more diverse opinion from the Black Community? Are there those who write Letters to the Editor who you might consider for a regular column? 

Thanks for being here,

Eddie

BS  Rummy doesn't bite, but his is infectious.

Nice one Slow Eddie. "BS"? Axplain...

Rummy doesn't bite?

Infectious? Nah!! Doze har fytin verds.........You fail to realise, that is was people like me that made you famous, got you rewards and bonuses, kept you stable and helped your carreer flourish. And if you have forgotten, I was the one that gave you the key to the Med Room........................

Gotta run........................'fearless' is horn dee looze hagain...............................

Typical media........always want something free.............RED BULL ya lunatic........ya can't take it too the bank........but you can take it too HMC.....juss dunt taik dee Fairy....

Gotta run...............Just got a call from 'ole mother Horton'.....damn Cabinets bare again.ver dee hal his arrybuddy??? Jingus.......................Ver dee hal his Larry Danniz ven eye neeed hyme..................HPS??

Right there in black and white for all the world to read. "hobnail"? Load of crap. My back bears the scars of years of torment under the UBP and zealots like you that abused us yet sorjourned to the beaches and drank your martini's and overdosed on the drugs that were prescribed for me and others. Thats why YOU are free yet we still languish in these hollow enclaves looking for an outreaching hand of Governance and stability.

"Hobnail"?....more like 'hangnail'. Your reputation preceeds you.

Gotta run...............hello? Hello? Whooze det?.....click....click......gotacha ...."Slow Current from Bay of Fundy".........

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