Fiesty international reporters...when will they learn?

Question

I just heard on the news that international reporters who are here are saying that the reason for the big screens in downtown and Half Way Tree to see the Olympics is because the people dont have tv at home! How dem fresh so! Suppose dem see the wicked plasma dem wah some a wi have?! Dem nuh see seh wi just have a vibe that we cant keep to wi self? When will the those bigger countries stop assuming that we Jamaicans are poverty stricken? Dem nuh see seh wi hotter than nuff a dem?

Talk to mi people?!

Answer 1

Actually many Jamaicans ARE poor in cash, but that has NOTHING to do with whether or not wi have TV a wi yard, flat screen or otherwise. It has even less to do with the reason why the big screens are there. Thats just crappy journalism.

The worst thing:

1. the tv is there to make money just like the advertising boards in Times Square (NY).

2. The people are watching the TV in HWT because they are busy working and goign through their various daily routines. Just like in Times Square.

Like i said before... CRAPPY JOURNALISM.

Answer 2

There are many people in Jamaica who do not have TVs... so wha?

There are also many countries with people who have never heard of TVs.

But the point is that the Olympics is a National Moment and the big screens were not put there to facilitate people who do not have TVs.... they know that some of us would have stayed home and nuh badda go a no work so them make sure we can watch the races centrally.... and even if they were there for people who did not have... wha

and many poorer people usually live in rural areas anyway... probably would need the bus fare they would waste to go all the way to st. andrew for something else.

Answer 3

Who in Jamaica dont have tv? Go down to the ghetto and see people live better life than me and you with big screen TV and cable and the smell of fry chicken frying.