Luke Browne should share the facts on NIS
Tue, Feb 14. 2012
Editor: I write with reference to a letter captioned âArnhim Eustace is wrong about the NISâ by one âR. T. Luke V. Browne,â published in SEARCHLIGHT of February 10, 2012.{{more}}
First, please allow me to thank Mr Browne for reading and commenting on the work of âMr Kenton Chance, the self-proclaimed investigative journalist who writes about SVG from Taiwan under the banner âI-Witness Newsâ – a credible source of daily news and information for many Vincentians at home and abroad. I would like to assure Mr Browne and the public that I attempt to adhere to ALL the tenets of journalism within the limitation of my practice of the profession.
However, it seems that Mr Browne was not as concerned about the veracity of the factual content of the I-Witness News report of which he wrote, as he was about I-Witness News itself (Please see: âNIS insider asks Eustace to maintain pressureâ http://wp.me/prw1s-1JW). Had Mr Browne been concerned about the veracity of the content of the report, he would have mentioned that SEARCHLIGHT also published under the headline âEustace worried about declining NIS profitsâ, a news story on Page 5 of its January 27, 2012 edition, in which the same facts mentioned in the I-Witness News report are stated. Hence, following Mr Browneâs thesis, SEARCHLIGHT, the self-proclaimed source of âjournalism you can trustâ, which writes about SVG from SVG, also âapparently just took [Eustaceâs] word for itâ. However, in Mr Browneâs letter, he did not mention that SEARCHLIGHT published the same facts.
Further, Mr Browneâs own facts about the National Insurance Service have changed with his comments and the medium in which he makes them. His comments also suggest that he possesses information that is not yet available to the public. But I am sure that I speak for both I-Witness News and SEARCHLIGHT when I say that our readers would be happy to know this information. Please help our efforts, Mr Browne. Share the information. And, by the way, try to be consistent with the numbers. At least both SEARCHLIGHT and I-Witness News shared that in common.
Kenton X. Chance
I-Witness News