What's the point of being a journalist if one is not dedicated to his profession. Fred has spent his time on Portuguese bashing for so many years. May be he is scared to speak about 'ground zero' as he states in an article on colaco.net. Is the press free in 'democratic' Goa?
--- "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Fred writes nonsence as I have often stated that > he is a mediocre > > journalist. Why does he not take on the Goa > Government on corrupt > > practices, and the political scenario in Goa. > Always re-produces > > articles from Asian Age irrelevent to Goa. Since > when have Sikhs become > > Goans? Garbage Fred. Unadulterated garbage > compelling Goans to waste > > time reading nonsence. > > > > Edgar Martins > > > The word 'nonsence' doesn't exist in my dictionary. > (On the other hand, > the word 'nonsense' does. Like all failable human > beings, I do plead > guilty of probably putting out more than a fair > share of this... ) > > Yes, I too see myself as a mediocre journalist (if > not a hack). But > perhaps you can't grude me the credit for being a > hardworking one, i.e. a > hardworking mediocre journalist. > > However, the point one was trying to make below > simply is, if Punjabis can > have books on their diaspora, then surely Goans -- > who have been migrating > for many decades, if not centuries -- have stories > to tell in print. > > As a matter of detail, I seldom if ever forward > beyond-Goa stories from > The Asian Age. You must be referring to the > Indo-Asian News Service, > which again am guilty of sending out, whenever it > seems to be relevant to > at least some of the readers of Goanet. > > Thanks for your feedback anyway. FN > > PS: Sorry for a delayed reply, for explainable > reasons... ;-) > __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
