The government is working on a policy to ensure responsible reporting by the state media, Minister of the Presidency Joseph Harmon said last Friday.
Harmon’s announcement was made at a post-Cabinet press briefing and pre-dated a statement issued yesterday by the Guyana Press Association (GPA), which registered its concern over Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s interaction with a Guyana Chronicle reporter following the publication of an unfavourable headline in the state-owned newspaper.
Harmon said the policy is being considered and is not yet completed.
“It is important that we establish clearly that there is a responsibility, which the media has, to ensure that news is put to the Guyanese public and the public at large, the international community at large, that is responsible,” he told reporters at the Ministry of the Presidency.
He noted that since the new administration took office there has been a greater degree of openness and the
