Doodlin’ update
The photo of the Prime Minister’s doodling during a no-confidence debate last week caused quite a furore, with radio shows inviting listeners to call in and interpret the symbols. The most outraged were parliamentarians, who passed a motion restricting press access in parliament. The upshot is that journalists will no longer be allowed to sit in the gallery above the members, but will be limited to a 6 x 6 foot press box. So now press restrictions in Jamaica are literal, not only figurative.
The only conclusion I can come to is that parliamentarians:
(a) have no sense of humour
(b) are behaving like petulant children
(c) have got something to hide
(d) all of the above.
October 24th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
Dis one wicked fi real! ;)
October 25th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
tuh rahtid
October 26th, 2006 at 9:52 pm
[…] Ria Bacon offers an update to an earlier post in which she discussed the matter of a close-up photograph of the Prime Minister’s notepad taken during a debate on a no-confidence motion, and run on the front page of one of Jamaica’s news dailies: “The upshot is that journalists will no longer be allowed to sit in the gallery above the members, but will be limited to a 6 x 6 foot press box.“ […]