Worth reading - from the archives of Caribbean Book Review

File: Jeremy Taylor

"People rely on the mass media for their understanding of the world. If the media are not reliable, then our reading of the world is blurred and our ability to make informed choices is limited. 

The power to blur perception excites politicians, and gives power and importance to media owners and publishers...

"You would think that (the proliferation of media in Trinidad and Tobago) would provide enough news sources and opinion to satisfy a large metropolitan city. But the most striking thing about Trinidad’s media houses is their ideological sameness, and their low professional standards."

Jeremy Taylor - from a Book Review 2005