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From: Robin Hacquoil
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:59 PM To: Anna Heuston
Subject: Media coverage
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I feel very strongly that the States cannot afford to rely on the Jersey media any longer to disseminate information accurately. The JEP has become a tabloid & is more interested in photo coverage rather than hard news. The BBC is slightly better and at least covers States debates but they are now so long-winded and drawn out, only the bedridden can remain tuned in.
What I would like to see is a periodic (weekly or monthly) summary of new policies approved & their impact on us when implemented. It should be brief and factual and should be issued on behalf of Jersey government (I was going to say by the Chief Minister's Office but perhaps it should come from the Greffier's Office). It should be strenuously apolitical. It would go out on the internet & one could subscribe to receive it. Blogs are for the birds & are not my definition of media. I do not twitter or any of those other things but have occasionally checked the Syvret blog to confirm the horrors which were emanating from it. In my view, the States simply cannot afford to have blogs and the local media distorting the facts.
Good luck with your review. I look forward to constructive solutions. Kind regards and Season's Greetings,
Robin Hacquoil