Covid-19/State Media/Civil Liberties/New Media.

On April 12th 2020  The JEP published a statement from Jersey's new Director of Communications Dirk Danino-Forsyth or "Dirk Dastardly" as he is becoming known. The article can be read  HERE.

If it wasn't so dangerous it would be comical but this new guy (Dirk Dastardly), and others, will be looking to discredit "independent"/Citizen Journalists to strengthening the dwindling power of the local State Media. Readers will be aware that in the latest SOCIAL SURVEY only 37% of those surveyed had trust in the local State Media, it is losing its control, and it is losing it to New Media (formerly known as Social Media). This isn't only on a local scale but a world-wide scale. The public is waking up to the disinformation and propaganda fed to it by the "professionals."

The article/statement drew the attention of fellow Blogger TOM GRUCHY and he asked if I would agree to an interview (by him) to discuss it to which I agreed (video below). Mr. Dastardly's statement was published by the "professional" media and urged the public to ONLY trust the "professional" media particularly when it comes to information concerning the so-called "Corona Virus." He wrote (among much more):

"Part of what I would encourage people to do is to buy a local paper, to go online to read a reputable news source, to listen to the news radio and to watch news broadcasts because the value that the media add is through the professional approach of their journalists, the professionalism of editors, editorial policy and the regulator." One would think "hasn't he read the Leveson Report?" Or "doesn't he know anything about the Old Media (formerly known as MSM)?

The truth is this guy almost certainly knows what he is doing, just like the rest of the world's "professional" communicators/Old Media/governments and that is to help erode the public's Civil Liberties and freedoms under the guise of a pandemic. To discourage the public from doing its own research and to remain in fear while relying on one of the most discredited professions (old media) to give it the truth.

Tom Gruchy and I discussed how the local Old Media is not happy that the government/Communications Unit is not answering questions from the media etc. It is explained why the media only has itself to blame. Much more is discussed/revealed in the interview that we believe could be of great interest/value to the viewer and encourage you to watch to the end.

Press Release from Deputy Montfort Tadier. (Secret Court Cases)

Deputy Montfort Tadier.

PRESS RELEASE

Deputy Montfort Tadier, Chairman of the Jersey Human Rights Group, has said he has concerns that Jersey's Courts may be breaching Human Rights Laws because there will be no mechanism for the public to attend or view the live proceedings of the courts which would otherwise be in open session.

'Article 6 of European Convention on Human Rights, which is reflected in Jersey Law, states that everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing in the determination of his/her civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him/her.'

'There is also a public interest that the default position is that court proceedings are held in public. The Courts, like the Parliament, should be open institutions.'

'It is not satisfactory, even at a time of pandemic, that court hearings which would otherwise be public, now be inaccessible. Technology easily allows Court proceedings to be livestreamed, in the same way that States Assembly and scrutiny panel meetings are broadcast.'

'I have sent a request to Ministers to establish livestreaming of the Courts where hearings would normally be in public.'

-ENDS-