Dear Editor,
Recently, we have heard the widespread accusations of fake news against the major global news organizations, such as Fox News.
With that said, I find it equally difficult to swallow the "news" presented in our own Bahamian newspapers. After all these years, it is clear that much of what the interviewed experts and politicians say are falsehoods. They continue to say things are good and getting better.
Who cannot see the undeniable and utter failures our country is facing?
Do we not acknowledge the collapse of our government utilities?
And, what of the dismal performance of other Bahamian enterprises?
The Bahamian people are suffering. Our politicians have failed us, utterly failed us.
Yes, of course "we the people" have failed to insure that we elect honest, selfless, intelligent, public servants to represent us. How long do we admit we were lied to, yet continue to vote these people right back into office?
Are the Tribune and the Guardian really holding our politicians feet to the fire? If what these politicians and experts have been telling us all these years were true, how do we mesh what they have said with the realities we are faced with today? Year after year? Decade after decade?
The Bahamian people are suffering. Our country is failing.
Who can stand up and say otherwise?
The cost of living is surely rising, big time. Our government services, which we pay dearly for, are horrible.
Poverty is increasing. Crime is rising. We are in dangerous debt. Government agencies seem less and less responsive to our needs.
There is not a person I speak with who is not disgusted by the way we are treated by government offices.
We seem unable to rise to the occasion of providing even the basic human necessities to our population.
From our prime minister, right on down the sad political chain, where are our "leaders"?
Every time I read a news article interviewing a politician or an "expert" I have to remind myself that the vast majority of what they say has no bearing on reality.
Is this not the definition of fake news?
I suspect that all of our politicians and "experts" in this country have an exit plan. Either enough money to flee, or property and bank accounts abroad. They may not see well enough to fix our Bahamian problems, but their sight seems well enough to see what is coming.
— Norman T.
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