ZNS biased against PLP

Tue, Apr 10th 2012, 08:52 AM

Dear Editor,

I have a question for the people in the newsroom at the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas. Why is it every time the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) issues a press release or it holds a news conference you ensure that you solicit the response of the Free National Movement (FNM) to the press release or the news conference before you run the PLP's release? Normally if you did that it could be considered good journalism.
But pray tell why when the FNM issues a release or it holds a press conference there is never a PLP response issued at the same time? You cannot say it is because you could never get a response from the PLP right away, as I checked and was assured by the PLP that ZNS never calls to get an immediate response to a FNM press release.
People in the ZNS newsroom should be professional. They ought to follow the procedures required to be good journalists. They should never try to be politicians or react to what they think the politicians want.
ZNS be fair, be balanced and give all the parties equal air time when covering the political rallies. The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) should be monitoring; rest assured we are watching.

- Omar T.

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