Haiti is crumbling, collapsing, slowly dissolving before our eyes — and the media, instead of serving as the seismographs of this national shipwreck, have too often become the background noise that drowns out the alarm.
The National Association of Haitian Media (ANMH) has elected a new president. Fine. But what is the point of changing the head when the body is already drained of life?
The country is burning.
Journalists are targeted by gangs, politicians, and fake-news entrepreneurs.
Radio and TV stations survive on three sponsors and recycled jingles.
Public debate has been replaced by perpetual “lives,” amplified rumors, and toxic sparring matches.
So the central question is simple:
Does the ANMH want to save the media — or save the façade?
Because Haiti’s decay is not only economic or political. It is also narrative. We are losing the ability to tell the country’s story in any way other than through fear, anger, or cynicism.
A new president — yes.
But for what purpose?
To demand real protection for journalists?
To enforce a binding ethical charter?
To confront the authorities rather than circumvent them?
Or simply to continue issuing press releases no one reads?
The time for institutional courtesies is over.
If the ANMH does not shake the coconut tree now, Haitian media risk becoming what too many institutions already are: shadows of themselves.
— Dr. Harrisson Ernest
Political analyst and commentator on governance, security, and Haitian diaspora identity
Specialist in Haitian political affairs
Physician, psychiatrist, social communicator, and jurist
harrisson2ernest@gmail.com
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