Tag: Media
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The media that promoted Joseph Muscat’s comeback in the Labour Party: MaltaToday and Union Print
The media that yesterday, published interviews with Joseph Muscat before he made his comeback in the Labour Party were MaltaToday and Talk.mt (owned by the General Workers Union’s, Union Print). What a coincidence. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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The FIAU prefers to spend money on MaltaToday and Lovin Malta rather than on other media
This is more as to why the public funding to the press in Malta is made indiscriminately and according to political allegiances rather than marketing and audience statistics. The FIAU which is supposed to be an independent state authority prefers spending money with MaltaToday and LovinMalta even spending more with them than they do with…
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The Police told me to go and ask the Magistrate
Today, I attempted to ask the Police some questions through their official channels. I assumed I would not have had a problem given that I was asking about the proceedings of an ongoing case in court. Initially, I called Brandon Pisani the Police’s PRO who promised me I would be given permission to have answers…
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Busy waging information wars
There is a lot of enthusiasm by Labour Party officials when they cover up for each other, wage information wars, and fight the free press. Strange that this enthusiasm is not found when the governance of the country is concerned. It’s total confusion and disorder when they engage in anything related to actual governance, so…
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Here’s an example of government propaganda with public funds
As part of its strategy to have complete hegemony in the information of media sphere, the government is funding various pseudo-independent media outlets with public money which are nothing more than propaganda outlets run by Labour supporters and members. Most of this work is coordinated by the Prime Minister’s chief propagandist Aleander Balzan at the…
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Seems like I have to make a new Facebook Page
One of the best features on Facebook is that when I post a link to my articles on it, the picture of the article appears with the title making it more attractive for the viewer. I may lose this privilege as Facebook rolls out its new regulations on media sharing that are based on the…
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Total contempt for the press
In his new legislature, Prime Minister Robert Abela will be repeating his same modus operandi with regard to the press: total contempt. The reason why Robert Abela can go to the Labour Party’s radio station and spread fake news and false information, such as the illusory 8.5% economic growth rate, is that Robert Abela refuses…