Trinidad & Tobago: Media Meekness · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

B.C. Pires recalls a radio show he used to host in the context of falling journalistic standards in Trinidad and Tobago: “From that thin end of the wedge we have reached this stage, where the Prime Minister can make the most foolish statements completely unchallenged – and the Media Association hastens to appease his sensibilities when they are ruffled because the media does not support government action to his satisfaction.”