I was expecting that you would see a full list of the Barbados Music Award nominees in this weekend’s newspaper. Instead the Nation’s Saturday Sun published an “edited list of some of the nominees”. I would think that journalistic responsibility would dictate that at least once you would publish ALL of the names of the entities and persons who were nominated so the public would know and not just who you feel like highlighting.

Boyce Voice had been unaware that we had been nominated for an award and if we were waiting to see it in the media we still would not have known. Had it not been for Boyce Voice along with the Timeless website there would have been no one source where you could go and see ALL the nominees for the Music Awards as we said “uncut and unedited“. Boyce Voice was able to get the highest hits since we have been operating because of our publishing of the full BMA nominee list, and because of your interest and feed back it is now our most commented post.

This kind of omission by the traditional media underscores the importance of the continued existence of sites not only of Boyce Voice but Kadoment.com, Bajan Dance Hall, Bajan Reporter and the controversial Barbados Underground.
Technology allows us to have a voice that can circumvent traditional media and to fill that void which is sometimes left when the full truth needs to be told. So therefore in some ways we should not complain about the omission, that is why Boyce Voice is here, to fill that void.

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