Mr. Mohan Jaikaran should be praised for closing Ian Alleyne's Programme, Crime Watch. Mr. Jaikaran must be commended for such an important decision to save the society from propaganda and some of the worst unprofessional journalism I have witnessed in my time. As I said to Brian Pouchet, it was a matter of time that before he was taken off the air. Any self respecting society must act in its best interest. I see nothing good coming from his show, which lacks standards, is highly sensational, celebrates negativity, and carries a ‘don't care’ attitude to people and society which I will never watch, nor encourage any young family members to look at.
It is time we take back our society from the ultra far left types who cannot be told anything, over zealously liberal disrespecting content on the National Television Networks. This programme made no sense, it absolutely did what ought not to have been encouraged. I believe Mr. Jaikaran, may have as owner, after several complaints recognised he had a social responsibility to save the nation from this morass of stupid content.
Journalism sank to a new low, and besides the green verbs and nonsense that was called programming, the market of Mr. Alleyne is what I consider D market or the lowest market, which has no disposable spend. Therefore, from a strategic and business position, I can understand Mr. Jaikaran's alleged actions. His station might be looking at a realignment to more segments of the ABC market which has disposable income and thereby can attract advertising revenue. By and large, the country has been spared Mr. Alleyne, and just like the Gladiator of Ghetto Radio Fame, hopefully, a lot more of that ilk will be eventually retired from the airwaves and sanity should return. Mr. Jaikaran, I certainly do not know who you are, but hats off to you for standing up for Trinidad and Tobago.
WIN TV's PERSPECTIVE ON IAN ALLEYNE'S REMOVAL FROM THE MEDIA:
SUNIL, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT ON THIS ONE. AT LEAST THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF THE MEDIA ARE BEING UPHELD. AS IS SAID IAN ALLEYNE I DO NOT CONSIDER A JOURNALIST IN THE TRUE SENSE. THANK YOU WIN TV FOR MASHING THE BRAKES ON ALLEYNE. SUNIL RAMDEEN IS A JOURNALIST WITH NEARLY 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING AND SOMEONE I KNOW PERSONALLY. SO I WILL DEFINITELY BELIEVE SUNIL. SUNIL IS ALSO VERY WELL TRAINED.
Respectfully Submitted,
David A.M. Fraser
"To The Editor:
Contrary to statements being made to some parts of the media and online, we wish to state categorically that Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne was never fired from WIN TV.
The company had been receiving numerous complaints from members of the public that some statements being made on the show were in extremely poor taste, and even very insulting not just to some members of the national community, but to callers and even staff working alongside Mr. Alleyne.
Every media house in this country has certain guidelines in our licenses for how we should operate.
Several times in the past the company has urged Mr. Alleyne to be mindful of crossing the line since, despite a disclaimer, WIN TV is ultimately responsible.
The letter given to Mr. Alleyne was simply to reinforce this point, that while we are free to criticise strongly, becoming overly extreme to the point where it can be seen as derogatory is not necessary to make our point.
Indeed we recognised that Crime Watch is the number one show, and urged the host to let's go ahead and continue to hunt down the criminals together.
It is indeed unfortunate that Mr. Alleyne chose to interpret this as an attempt to muzzle him.
It came as much a surprise to us, as to other members of the national community when HE indicated, live on air, that he can no longer do the show!
WIN TV has stood by Mr. Alleyne every minute over the past four years, and we are deeply saddened that the impression is being given otherwise.
Mr. Alleyne more than anyone knows the unwavering support WIN has given him since he came in as an untried rookie four years ago, to become a major player on TV today.
We wish to state clearly once more, that Mr. Alleyne was never issued any dismissal letter as is being reported, rather, it was Mr. Alleyne who indicated on air, that he is no longer comfortable doing his show at WIN.
All we can do is wish him the best as he moves on, and hope that all his future endeavors are successful.
We wish him God's Blessings and good luck.
Sunil Ramdeen
General Manager."
David A.M. Fraser
EMAIL: fafaltd@gmail.com
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