LETTER: Observer, Do Better

Observer, Do Better

Dear ANR,

The country is continuing to reel after the brutal murder of 9-year-old Chantel Crump. There’s a need for much conversation so that we can protect our children against the evil that lurks among us.

As we need to take a stance against brutal murderers, I would think that the Observer would also be sensitive enough to realize that pedophiles are also a clear threat to our children and society.

So imagine the disgust I felt when I put on the radio on Wednesday, and Dave Lester Payne chose to have convicted pedophile Ian “Magic” Hughes on his radio programme discussing Chantel’s case. 

Is there not a better person in society who could speak on the matter who does not have Ian’s history? I think that Observer has truly descended to the lowest of lows and clearly has no moral barometer.

I’ve always taken umbrage to Ian being given a platform but then to have him discuss a brutal crime against a little girl when he would have sexually assaulted a little girl screams tone- deaf and is an insult to Antiguan people.

I think we continue to enable our country being a nation of no standards by validating these dregs of society.

It is this hardening of our hearts towards calling out wrong that has emboldened the morally bankrupt among us to speak on things they have no grounds to speak on.

I am grossly disappointed that the “investigative journalist” to call on, particularly during these times is Ian Hughes.
I would love to see radio programmes in Antigua evolve to push critical thinking and accountability to the benefit of our nation’s development.

I ask Observer to please do better.

Concerned

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