The Tribune

Dear Editor,

Please permit me to express my opinion here. I see the Prime Minister has stated that the print media should not place stories of murders on the front page. He is citing that other countries media don't do the same. I don't think that is correct. First of all, you have to look at size. If you have a country with millions of people, a single murder cannot be a front page story as it isn't significant to be a national event. For a small country as ours, it is.

To suggest to the media where to place a story seems like he's venturing into censorship. Today, he's saying where to place it. Tomorrow, it's an issue of the content of the article. The day after, it is the banning of the article all together.

If we look at the tourism impact that was mentioned. Does it matter where in the paper the article is? Are we to assume the United States, the French, the UK, the Canadian governments, etc, will not know we have a crime problem if the local papers put it somewhere else other than the front page? That's funny! I guess they only will know what we tell them aye?

The focus should be on what to do to address the issue. If the focus is on where the media is placing a crime article, we have a big problem. It means the government has no answer and they're trying to distract in any way they can from that fact.

Let's hope they do something fast. Please don't start a college fund for want to be gang members or do daily prayer vigils in Rawson Square.

Regards,

A Concerned Citizen