Tuesday, January 8, 2008

"WRONG" GROUP? 2

Here's how the Guardian's Corey Connelly began his version of the AG's statement, titled "AG signals intention to alter Integrity Act" (http://guardian.co.tt/news6.html).

"Directors of sporting and cultural organisations may be exempt from filing their declarations if the Government secures passage of amendments to the Integrity in Public Life Act.
In signalling the Government’s intention to amend the legislation yesterday, Attorney General Brigid Annisette-George deemed the inclusion of such individuals in the existing act as “an unnecessary and untenable encroachment on the lives and privacy of citizens.”

Now we would agree if Corey's editor had titled his story "AG: Wrong people in Integrity net". We see evidence in this story where the AG actually says the legislation needs to be amended to protect certain citizens.
This point was not made clear in Juhel Browne's piece.