Journalism is the tactful art of bringing important information to the community for the purpose of keeping them informed and educated. However most journalist are concerned with keeping their audiance entertained; thus entertaining the community have taken priority. The people depends on journalist to report information in a systamatic and reliable manner. We can all agree that in today's society, journalism is all about making money; hence the reason so much sensationalism dominates the media.
Let us take for example the Caribbian Net News (which have been dominated by Ralph Gonsalves lately) the media in St. Vincent and the Grenadines as well as several regional media organization, carried a falsified story which dealt with the dismissal of Allan H.F. Palmer from the Bermuda Police Service. incidentally the Royal Gazette of Bermuda carried a story on the 13th June 2008 informing the Bermuda community of mr. Palmer's resination from the BPS effective August 5th 2008.
The Million dollar question is why didn't the Caribbean Net News, the Media in St. Vincent and the Grenadines as well as the several reginal news paper who saw it fit to informed their followers of the unprecedented statement made by the Governor of Bermuda as it related to George Jackson Commissioner of Police. It is totally unprecedented for the Governor to publicly make such a statement about an appointee of his office and one who is still serving; unless public confidence in that officer is so low he have to do such to quiet the fares of the general public.
The Governor said "I hope Mr. Jackson would welcome the opportunity to retire"; he further said 'we will have to see how things are looking early next year, but if everything went well I will like to say to George Jackson thanks very much and arrange for him to hand over at the end of next year, so he would be allowed to put his foot up" (quoted from the Royal Gazette of Bermuda)
it will be interesting for you to log onto http://bpsstudh.blogspot.com and read the study that was done by Allan H.F. Palmer. this study was handed over to the Governor, the leader of the opposition and the minister of Home Affairs on the 6th August 2008 a day after Mr. Palmer's resination became effective.
New Development
The Governor of Bermuda had began to take action. apart from publicly giving George Jackson notice that he have got to go, he have also informed Assistant Commissioner of Police Brian Bell that he to will be going with George Jackson at the end of his contract earily 2009. The Bermuda Police Service have seen the Michael De Silva jumping the two senior superintendent Randolph Liverpool and Mike Jackman (both men who were in line for post of commissioner) and was promoted to deputy commissioner. how ironic.
Big George Jackson, do not have to worry; after all He can now moved back to St. Vincent to pick up the post of Chief of Air Port Security a post which was promised to him by PM Gonsalves. Lets see how much respect you are going to get from the ralph now that you are no use to him and you are under his control. As a matter of fact Big George you will never see that appointment because that same post was promised to several other gullible individual who would have been compramising their integrity the same way you did; the only thing is they are now more useful to him that you are at this point.
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