January 30, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Letter to the editor
Freedom of the press? More like poetic licence
Please enlighten me on this concept of "freedom of the press?" What does it really mean?
From my observations over the years it has simply meant, license by the owners of the media to destroy anyone who disagrees with them, maintaining the status quo and vigorously supporting "white interests" in Bermuda.
When did this so-called "free press" decide that slavery and its sister evil, segregation were virulent evils? Did this revelation occur on the road to "Tucker's Town", like the apostle Paul's did on the road to Damascus?
When I was maturing in Bermuda, I cannot ever remember this "free press" standing up for the rights of the downtrodden in South Africa, during their travails, or the rights of the citizens in its own backyard, Bermuda. When did this "free press" decide to support the concept that segregation was an evil method used to suppress and restrict the rights of a large segment of human society? When did this "free press" decide that human rights mean human rights for all the citizens in a country and not just a chosen few?
Controlled from above
Mr. Editor, explain to me how a "free press" is accountable? From my observations, it seems to be accountable only to its investors, and just who are they and what are their interests over and above "the bottom line?" In any event, it is the investor or investors who have the most shares, who really control the organization, and these are not the little people who own 100 or 1,000 shares!
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, how do you do "due diligence" on anything that is sent to you which you decide to print? For example, if I send you a copy of an original item which I purport to hold, and you print whatever is in that document, how do you verify that the copy is authentic? In this day and age, I can alter any document and the receiver would not be able to detect any changes.
So Mr. Editor, how do you do your "due diligence?" Or do you just invoke "freedom of the press" like authors and poets invoke "poetic license?"
Clevelyn A.J. Crichlow
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