Exhibits A and B as to why Bermuda needs a free press:
Exhibit A
Yesterday the Premier was reported in The Royal Gazette as saying:
"It's already known around the world that Bermuda's festival is sold out and the entertainers we were fortunate to get this year we cannot get for peanuts."
Today, after speaking with Festival Promoter Rock Newman in The Bermuda Sun it is reported that:
Fewer than half of the 7,500 Bermuda Music Festival tickets allocated for overseas purchasers have sold, it was revealed yesterday.
You're not going to sell those extra tickets to tourists if the Premier is saying it's sold out.
Yet again we have spin replacing facts.
Exhibit B
After weeks of government claiming that they needed to buy a new fancy GP1 in the name of fiscal responsibility, by asking a few simple questions The Bermuda Sun has revealed that the costs were overstated and the problems were preventable. Which leaves the conclusion that Dr. Brown wanted us to buy him a new car.
The rationale about maintenance was a completely concocted one.
In the real world these things are known as lies.
Posted by Christian S. Dunleavy