“Men who hold high office in our society are never asked these questions by our journalists, regardless of the number of rumours that fly about on social media. That is because they are entitled to have their most private lives kept private, save and except where it seriously affects their …
Read More »Not Condemning: Media lesson for Stuart Young; a little broughtupsy never hurt nobody
What would make Minister Stuart Young think that he could call in on a radio programme last Friday—or any day for that matter!—and deliver his treatise without interruption? What would make such a thought even enter his brain? Ignorance? Arrogance? Or is it, to follow the lead of the PNM …
Read More »Dear Editor: Archie’s issues go beyond possible photoshop; he should declare his innings
“Aside from wondering if he is pursuing legal action as the CJ or as Ivor Archie in a personal capacity, I wonder who will be footing the bill? “And I have to wonder if the CJ is really that obtuse? […] It is not simply the one issue of whether …
Read More »Day in the Life of a journalist: “I wouldn’t say it’s not for a family life [but they have to] be involved in news”
“I really eat, sleep and breathe news… I wouldn’t say [the media is] not for a family life; it depends on the individual. Your family has to be very understanding; your family has to, in a sense, be involved in news.” In the latest instalment of A Day In The Life, Wired868 …
Read More »Two robbers and a coast guardsman walk into a bar; the case of the thwarted hold-up
Scene: COSTAATT campus. In an effort to spice up its media programme, the tertiary level school has hired Mr Live Wire to teach “Principles of Journalism” to students and would-be journalists. The class is in session… Live Wire: Okay, class, so today we are going to look at a real-life …
Read More »Why we elect the leaders we do; a former journalist looks in the mirror—and cringes!
“So what is it about Trinidad and Tobago that results in our putting corrupt politicians in office election after election? It is, arguably, the fact that we are too simple to care and perhaps the fact that we are a ‘laissez-faire’ people.” Former political reporter Akilah Holder shares her concerns about the …
Read More »Dear Editor: Is it too much to ask for more inspirational front page photos from the media?
“Just look at the back pages of most of papers—or any of their sport pages for that matter—over the last few months. They have been packed with tons of fine T&T accomplishments. “Why, I ask, are such beautiful and proud moments such as those wasted on our back pages versus …
Read More »MATT: Boycott A&V press conference! Company must take responsibility for media assault
“The heavily worded statement by A&V Oil and Gas Limited also extended an invitation to the media to take a tour of their facilities and observe their operations. Media personnel are to be transported on buses the company will provide. “We call on all journalists and their assignment editors to …
Read More »Battered media, marooned PM, buss head specialists at large: Live Wire reports on Hurricane A&V
It is Day Seven of Hurricane A&V: a low pressure weather system which has struck Trinidad and Tobago with little warning and savage repercussions after Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar read from a leaked Petrotrin audit report. In its wake, Mr Live Wire reports, is mayhem and confusion: Tanty Kamla fraid …
Read More »Media Monitor: Mistake jokes? Different folks, different strokes…
You pick up your Thursday Express and begin reading, as so many do, from the back. There’s a bold two-word headline reflecting the presumed attitude of the West Indies cricketers who just lost the First Test in England to two men. And below it, seven more words. With an error. …
Read More »Media Monitor: NeRowley dazzles while seabridge burns but Bassant not blinded by BS
And underneath is written, In letters all of gold, How valiantly he kept the bridge In the brave days of old. Take a bow, Mark Bassant. The brazen attempt by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to bramble the population into thinking that the bungling government is taking serious action on …
Read More »“Rude Cop” strikes back! Live Wire roasts Express over “lewd” front page
The following is the legally satirical response to the Trinidad Express front page on 7 August 2017, which showed a fully clothed police woman on a couch with her leg raised, under the heading “Rude Cop”: Dear Trinidad Express, I act on behalf of my client, Ms Flexi-Cop—otherwise derogatorily referred to …
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