State ads data points to gov’t bias against media –IPI

From left: John Yearwood, Prime Minister Sam Hinds, Alison Bethel McKenzie and Scott Griffen at the PM’s office (IPI photo)

Data compiled during an International Press Institute (IPI) visit here in April lends weight to accusations of discrimination by the government in the distribution of official advertising, the press body has said.

“An IPI review of state advertising patterns in Guyana reveals extreme inequalities in the way such advertising is distributed… the state-owned Chronicle and the PPP-affiliated Mirror receive more than four times as much state advertising space as the so-called “opposition” papers Stabroek News and Kaieteur News,” the IPI said in its report