It’s ‘amazing’ VI media don’t get more lawsuits – Hon Ingrid A. Moses
She made it clear; however, that she is not for censoring the media. “The media is responsible for Donald Trump being the president by the way….it’s amazing that the media here don’t get more lawsuits…”
Ms Moses was a guest on the local television show ‘Real Talk – Virgin Islands ten most influential women’ aired on Tuesday January 24, 2017 on CBN Channel 51. The Speaker of the House discussed aspects of her position in the House of Assembly but spent more time talking about societal ills as she sees them and their influence on youth, be it positive or negative. Her teenaged daughter’s personalities and values were also grafted in the discourse, though she noted some of what she said would not be have been welcomed by her daughter.
It was the show’s host, Mrs Karia J. Christopher, who asked Ms Moses whether thinks the media fraternity in the Virgin Islands should have some of the local online news sites temper their headlines.
‘We don’t read’
Attributing her question to the local media, “and perhaps they world,” Mrs Christopher asked Ms Moses if she thinks the media has “a social responsibility, perhaps a community responsibility, to limit some of the news sites or the headlines, or perhaps reword the headlines so things are not as sensationalised as they appear to be, also to mute some of the commentary that follows the story for the benefit of our community of the Virgin Islands, or our young people?”
Ms Moses said the media has a responsibility to put the news out there and they are also accountable for what it is they put out there “but everybody is consumed with sensationalism and unfortunately as a people we don’t read, so you read the headline and sometimes the headline itself, the story doesn’t relate to the headline. The headline is so sensational you go straight to the blog you don’t even read the story.”
The Speaker of the House made reference to a story carrying a certain headline which had to do with the move by government to deal with youth from the age of 16 years. She said that her daughter drew one conclusion, perhaps from the headline, but didn’t get the clear picture until after she Moses had her read the story in its entirety.
She, however, continued that the main problem is the fact that persons do not read, adding, “But the media is concerned about sensationalism, they put it in there you know, but then people don’t focus on that issue, they focus on the headline and they focus on the remainder of the story and the blog and they just run with it..”
VI media needs to be regulated
Mrs Christopher added that the media’s argument might be, “That it is a business….people should use common sense and know to read the entire story.”
Her guest agreed, saying “I agree it’s a business and I recognise that it’s a business but they have a responsibility and they need to be accountable to their readers.”
Ms Moses alluded to the absence of a regulation for media in the VI. “The industry needs to be regulated. They need to form a body themselves, come together and appoint a board. They need to be regulated."
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36 Responses to “It’s ‘amazing’ VI media don’t get more lawsuits – Hon Ingrid A. Moses”
Please stop ingrid! you want the media to forget your b!*s behaviour get lost
@Tallfat, she think the bloggers are stupid. She need to go sit somewhere in a corner with her stuck up A!!. No one cares about what that (sic) NDP cr**y has to say.
Did she lie? no. We need more lible laws and copyright laws and defamation laws in the BVI so that the media is FORCED to tell the truth and be honest. (People need to understand that she is not saying the media cannot say some thing negative... the media just needs to tell the TRUTH.)
~Fents
We need a lot of things. Price Control Board, Audit of Budgets, Audits of the Cruise Pier, Audit of the Hospital.
What are we doing for our people? We are busy taxing our people to make revenues; instead of being innovative and finding ways to do so and create jobs.
We are in a sad state, and something must be done; first line of business is getting this NDP Government out. They have not contributed much in their two terms, other than a cruise ship that does not bring in too much at all; the opportunity cost of it was not at all in the People of the Virgin Islands favor at the time. Same with this airport runway project.
WE NEED REVENUES NOT TAXATION; WITH ADDED REVENUES SALARY SCALES CAN BE ADJUSTED = BETTER QUALITY LIFE FOR OUR PEOPLE.
Which law school she went to? She obvioulsy skipped a few classes. She should know better. Perhaps she should be sued for not being partial in the house of assembly.
The media has to make money. They have workers and bills to pay. They have to market their products to get customers... So if a headline attracts readers and customer, they are doing their job very well... How about we asking Ms Christopher what questions to ask. How about we telling Ms. Moses how to rule in the house... We have to respect each other and our Roles. The Media is doing a very good job.
@z6ne, you got that right. She need to go sit her *** down. No one, at least I don't want to hear the whoosh of st*le air coming out of her mouth.
LOL NOW this br**d had to know she was going to get LIGHT UP in these blogs! LOL
Ingrid was recruited by NDP to be Speaker of the House, I guess she owes allegiance to the government. However, Ingrid you, or no one can or should try to muzzle the media. BVISLANDERS are guided by Democratic Principles. We don't live in a Dictatorship where the media can only publish what the Strong Man wants published. You are just talking sh*t because the government that you are a part of, operates in a clandestine, secretive, unethical corrupt manner. We need the media to be fair and balanced when they are reporting the news, and if they are not bias, nothing is off the table that concerns us BVIslanders. Not even the NDP government.
Limit? Mute? Temper? Regulate? What you really mean is "CENSOR" isn't it? Why not have the courage of your convictions and come out and say it?
“but everybody is consumed with sensationalism and unfortunately AS A PEOPLE WE DON'T READ, so you read the headline and sometimes the headline itself, the story doesn’t relate to the headline. The headline is so sensational you go straight to the blog you don’t even read the story.”
WOW! And this is the speaker of the House saying these things about us!
Both the Speaker of the House appear and the talk show host appear to think we are all a bunch of reactionary fools, incapable of distinguishing a sensationalized headline, from the meat and potatoes of any given story and that we don't even bother to read the story!
Well thanks for letting us know what you think of the people of the Virgin Islands Ms. Moses and Mrs. Christopher. That says a lot about both of you.
Perhaps Ms. Moses' teenage daughter is prone to jumping to conclusions based solely on a headline, but most of us are a little more intelligent than that. I am so tired of people in places of authority looking DOWN their noses on the rest of us. Strupes.
You both need to get over yourselves. I don't know who on Earth you think you are talking to. Unbelievable!