Thackoor Boodram. Remember the name? I do. Not because he is—was—important to me but because journalism is—was—important to me. New Year’s Day, 1 January, 1998. Guess what gift one of the daily papers in Trinidad and Tobago offered on its front page? Why, a man’s head. It had been found …
Read More »Media Monitor—Pt 4: Still sticking it to readers in the time of Covid-19
Remember the OUR OBSCENE TRAGEDY editorial to which the Guardian devoted its front page on Sunday 7 February? The following day, the Express devoted both its front and back pages to continuing outrage and public protests over the most recent killing of a 23-year-old The UWI graduate. And contrary to …
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