Monday, May 15, 2017

Media operatives being paid to provide favourable coverage to APNU+AF Gov't - Whistle blower



A source at the Department of Public Information (DPI) has provided a list which shows that several media operatives in the state owned and private media are being paid to provide favourable coverage to the APNU+AFC government.

NAME
MEDIA HOUSE
STORIES
CHARGES
Delicia Bailey
Newsroom
4
$48,000
Bibi Khatoon
Newsroom
5
$60,000
Arianna Gordon
Guyana Chronicle
3
$30,000
Kiana Wilburg
Kaieteur News
4
$60,000


According to the information provided, Delicia Bailey, Bibi Khatoon,  Arianna Gordon, Gordon Moseley, Kiana Wilburg and several others are paid by the Imran Khan controlled DPI, which falls under the purview of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. While the others are paid as much as $15,000 per story in some instances, Moseley, who operates an internet news site and hosts a radio programme on the popular 94.1 Boom FM radio station, is paid a monthly salary along with telephone and internet bills.

The source provided documents which show that the practice is widespread and is sanctioned at the highest level. A correspondence seen by this publication was sent by Nagamootoo to Khan, with the former recommending that an accommodation be made for Khatoon to be placed on the DPI’s payment structure as part of its covert “Propaganda” efforts.  

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