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The Beacon of Truth?
Dear Editor,
The Guyana Times continuously boasts that it is “the Beacon of Truth”, that it always upholds “Freedom of Expression” and that it studiously upholds the Laws of the Land which others infringe.
These boasts are all hypocritical and empty and the following example will illustrate that Guyana Times is the Beacon of Untruth, that it continuously suppresses Freedom of Expression and that it has been a continuous lawbreaker:
(1) On 31/3/13 Guyana Times carried an article captioned “China as Peacemaker” which contained many inaccuracies which were barefacedly misleading GT readers. Over two weeks ago I sent the editor of Guyana Times a correction which he has failed to publish, thus callously and consciously misled his readers. The newspaper has a reputation for not publishing letters which correct its errors or never tried to correct its own errors. This constant propagating of falsehoods has earned it the more appropriate appellation of “The Beacon of Untruth.”
(2) The suppression of my letter by Guyana Times is an example of its suppression of Freedom of Expression. And Guyana Times does that all the time. Further, Guyana Times does not publish letters which are handwritten or typewritten; it only publishes e-mail, thus suppressing the expression of a large percentage of its readers.
(3) The Laws of Guyana as manifested in the Newspaper Ordinance requires a newspaper to print its address and not merely a mailing address. There are many good reasons for this requirement as for example, if the newspaper libels someone that person would have had its address and would be able to take legal action to protect his/her reputation.
Guyana Times publishes on its back page an e-mail number and several telephone numbers but not its address. Further, it avoids publishing the name of its editor but instead, publishes the names of two “consulting editors” who both have very common names and could be anybody. Guyana Times has continuously carried on this lawlessness from the time it started publication.
V. Redman
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