THE BIGGEST non-story of the year is the capture of former Iraqi dictator and butcher Saddam Hussein. Saddam's capture, celebrated by the American media in tones which suggest an event of epic proportions, is the greatest blindsiding and the biggest...
IRAQ HAS been at the centre of world news for two years. It has been the single most covered international event by the Jamaican media during this time and the one most talked about by Jamaicans. I remember a phrase by a media scholar some years...
IN THE December 12, 2003 edition of the The Gleaner, contributor Dennie Quill described in detail the behaviours which exemplified the annual carol service of the Jamaica Defence Force. These behaviours include the purposeful movement of young men who...
"JAMAICA'S post-independence history has been dominated by crisis and instability," is an interesting tidbit I picked in conversation with Professor Alvin Wint of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Management Studies.
'BAD PRESS' has a number of starting points pegged to statistics, actual events, myth, stereotyping, questionable sources, misperception and journalistic competence.
