Disingenuous pronouncements on Learning Channel satellite uplink

Dear Editor,
The dictionary defines ‘disingenuous’ as “Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.” It was extremely disconcerting to see this being trumpeted on Facebook recently – “The Big Spectrum Heist is Unravelling as Guyana’s Ministry of Education reveals that it pays Bobby Ramroop $15000 USD per month to distribute its Learning Channel signal. You all will learn what is really happening in BG.” That was posted by none other than Enrico Woolford.
Mr Woolford’s profile on the social media site Linkedin states that he attended Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, and graduated with a BSc in Broadcast Journalism.
I am sure that Mr Woolford was in receipt of the honourable minister’s presentation, where she stated the following: The Guyana Learning Channel has the use of a teleport that was created at the time of set-up since there was no other teleport capable of up- linking video signals in existence in Guyana before or since.
For the Learning Channel to send the signal to the satellite, it would have had to set up a commensurate service that would have required an initial capital outlay of US$ 150,000 plus monthly recurring costs of over G$ 4 million in bandwidth rental and associated services.
The Learning Channel is using the only teleport capable of up-linking video-signals in existence in Guyana.
A monthly contribution is paid towards the purchase of a bundle of services from the satellite agent – Television Guyana Inc. (US$ 15,000 or $ 3.6 million) I also expect Mr Woolford, more than anyone else to understand the basics of communication by satellite, and the benefits, given the size of Guyana and the way the population is dispersed and the associated expenses.
To transmit television via satellite, there is a monthly fee, payable to the owners of the communication satellites, orbiting 35,786 km above. Additionally, there are infrastructural costs, and maintenance costs, including electricity and expert staffing required to man a teleport on a 24/ 7 basis.
I can only conclude that Mr Woolford is being disingenuous in his pronouncements, and seeking to pursue a narrower partisan goal, rather than working in the interest of the Guyanese population.
This is disappointing, because Mr Woolford would be considered a senior journalist, one that younger journalists should seek to emulate.
Indeed, I would have expected Mr Woolford himself to be seeking to utilise the reach of the Learning Channel to make his practical knowledge and experience available to the wider community, for educational purposes.
Instead, Mr Woolford has chosen to live out the rest of his journalistic days as a media dinosaur, creating conspiracies where none exists, while seeking to obstruct the growth of an industry that can only mean good things for the youth of the country.
Name withheld by request