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there are certain issues that have occured in the territory..maybe have been reported in the newspaper once,and unlesss my brief 6days off island early april have been resolved, but otherwise i am extremely concerned about the lack of discussion or followup by the media or demands by citizens for answers.. i ask for some of you for a spelling ,punctuation dispontation...since im have had hand surgery..but why no discussions on the following issues.1/POLICE SEX TAPING???avis reported it once !!and then all attention was put forward towards schools..ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE OUT COME WAS??2/ chucky hanson"s [government vehical} was totaled by someone[FAMILY MEMBER??.. not insured or was allowed to drive..question was who should pay? anyone know ?? lastly about a month ago a stt. man who was seving time for RAPING AND VIDEO TAPING it of "AN *8 year old girl was released to home confinment!!!to a bed ridden mother and a sister WHO RESIDES IN THE STATES!! i believe but and not certain it was the same female judge who was removed for misconduct on the dea agent's trial in stt. what gives??
Posted : April 19, 2011 1:23 am
I don't think there is a "lack of communication " about political issues anywhere in the VI - all those topics and more are discussed, argued about and are a daily focus of many residents conversations here in the VI - news reporting has never been a strong point here - and demands by citizens are not a common response at all except for some local union demonstrations on occasion - but loud, argumentative, informed and uninformed opinions stated,' -- facts' thrown about like birdseed, -- types of communication seem to be an innate part of any gathering of 2 or more Virgin Islanders - fueled by rum, punctuated with laughter and many "fo tru mehsons", there is rarely a lack of communication around here. IMO
Posted : April 19, 2011 4:33 am
The print media in the VI, specifically the Daily Nuisance and The Worst aka Source are complete joke. This is some of the laziest journalism that I have ever seen. News organizations in the VI basically receive press releases from the govt agencies and just reread/reprint them to us. Hardly will we ever see or hear any other sides to a story. We get whatever the govt tells us. These news organizations serve no purpose.
Check the VIPD website for example and if you read the press releases, they are reprinted verbatim in the Daily Nuisance and The Worst.
Also, many of these govt agencies have former reporters working as their public relations person and thus shaping the news as they please; former reporters like Jean Greaux in Govt House, Melody Rames at VIPD, Sara Lezama at Justice, and the list goes on.....
Control the media, control the people.......
Posted : April 19, 2011 11:48 am
i had not heard about any of these things.
Posted : April 19, 2011 12:11 pm
Channel 8 gives some (lame) reporting and occasional follow up however it seems the bug stuff is just glossed over and we hear about all the fluff. The channel is a bit better or about the same. What I do is look at the Source online, the Daily News online, friended senators, VIPD and some hooked up people on Facebook and kind of assimilate all the info into what may have really happened. From my perspective most of the people I am involved with could give a flying f@%k what is happening. A daily detailed police and court log would help so would more press releases from the government in general. The coconut telegraph is still the best source of late breaking news, most of the radio stations just bla bla bla the same stories for 3 days in a row. There seems like there is an opportunity but who would want to pursue it?
This forum used to be a source of some good community and political info but the posters were brow beaten for bringing up unpopular subject matter (reality) and faded away. Just my perspective.
Posted : April 20, 2011 12:14 pm
Channel 8 gives some (lame) reporting and occasional follow up however it seems the bug stuff is just glossed over and we hear about all the fluff. The channel is a bit better or about the same. What I do is look at the Source online, the Daily News online, friended senators, VIPD and some hooked up people on Facebook and kind of assimilate all the info into what may have really happened. From my perspective most of the people I am involved with could give a flying f@%k what is happening. A daily detailed police and court log would help so would more press releases from the government in general. The coconut telegraph is still the best source of late breaking news, most of the radio stations just bla bla bla the same stories for 3 days in a row. There seems like there is an opportunity but who would want to pursue it?
This forum used to be a source of some good community and political info but the posters were brow beaten for bringing up unpopular subject matter (reality) and faded away. Just my perspective.
The press releases from the government are disguised as articles in the Daily Nuisance and the online Worst.
Posted : April 21, 2011 6:22 pm
