Haitian News Media

Let me tell you something.... After so many years talking about Haiti, I hate to say that sometimes there is nothing to report. Nothing interesting anyway!!! Imagine my dilemma, I wake up every morning to scan news about Haiti to find interesting news to report to you. Lately, Haitian radio news seems more like an obituary, a comedy show and news about gang leaders vs. the police. What is there to report?

A big chunk of the Haitian media is really enjoying seeing the opposition enraged in the streets asking president Jovenel Moise to step down. To hell with the country! It's all about the ratings (plis moun branche) and maybe more!!!

If you scan the International news media looking for news about Haiti, you will find two types of news about Haiti most of the time... Read this...

What is wrong with the Haitian Media? Do they even care about Haiti's image? Most Haitian news reports are so single-sided. Sometimes they report what they want you to believe or rather what they themselves believe. Read this...

There's one thing I notice about the Haitian media: They criticize a lot but they almost never congratulate... Let me tell you a story...

Haiti's government television (TNH) is anything but "National." It is more like Television Port-au-Prince since only Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas can watch it.

Haitian Singer Jean Jean Roosevelt Has just released a song in support of journalist Liliane Pierre-Paul in the midst of the Sweet Micky "Ti Lili Kanaval" Phenomenon... "Reste Debout Lili," (Keep your head up Lili) is the title the song...

Haiti Radio Kiskeya blows the whistle on what they call "Acts of Corruption from the National Palace." Various Journalists were invited into the National Palace on 23 December 2014 and received envelopes with a CASH prize inside in the amount of 40,000 and 50,000 gourdes... Liliane Pierre-Paul is pissed, Lucien Jura explains...

FREEDOM of Expression is "the right to express one's ideas and opinions FREELY through speech, writing, and other forms of communication but WITHOUT deliberately causing harm to others' character and/or reputation by false or misleading statements. Looks like La Press Haitienne (the Haitian media) does not want the WITHOUT part...

The National Council of Telecommunications of Haiti (CONATEL) has just issued new warnings against Haitian radio and Television stations take pleasure in broadcasting false information likely to disturb public order and internatonal relationships...