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Misleading Headlines! Why?
by Donald E. de Castro - “too old to be intimidated”
It is interesting to note that so many of us are interested in freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of information, it is interesting to note how many are quick to misinform others; it is also interesting to note how quickly we are to believe everything that we read.
Another Minister, another swing – Works Minister takes aim at media
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Against the grain of what surely must have been an otherwise uneventful, yet memorable opening ceremony for the ‘Revitalised’ Crafts Alive Village, came the now seemingly familiar chastisement of media practitioners in the Territory for the way news items were being presented by various media houses.
Sensational headlines bring out worst in bloggers – talk show hosts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The headlines of articles published on online news sites are sometimes sensational “to create some kind of buzz” which prompt readers to comment ignorantly based on the headlines, stated talk show host Natalio Wheatley on “Umoja”, a radio programme, that was aired last evening, January 5, 2012.