The problem of Profits.

By J. D. Lanser

The media then aim, as much as possible, to get as many viewers as possible with the idea of selling these viewers to advertisers. These advertisers, be it private or state-owned, in the final analysis, keep the entire media organization afloat since they provide the money for the operation. This puts the media in a double negative situation where they must avoid telling any truth that may cause them to lose their regular advertising revenue while at the same time they must publish other exaggerated shadow stories that may very well be detracting from the heart of T&T’s real issues.

The Problem with TT’s Media

By J. D. Lanser

Today what one knows as “the mainstream media” has quite rightfully come under heavy scrutiny and has increasingly found itself distrustful in view of the average man. Obviously, one is far from likely to read about this growing distrust for the media in that very same media.

TT’s New Normal Not Normal

By J. D. Lanser

The phrase new normal, despite its linguistic craftiness, implies abnormalcy and radical change with which we are now familiar. Because “the new normal” implies that the normal to come will be new altogether, it means it will not be normal….