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Everybody’s under attack

What began as a formal request for information is gradually turning into a war of words between two media organisations. Earlier this week Kullhadd editor Felix Agius sent out a formal request to the ‘Where’s Everybody’ partnership, with a list of exhaustive questions relating to the media company’s contractual activities.

Information requested included the number of full-time and part-time employees, the contractual conditions between Xarabank and TVM for 2001, the total turnover during 1999, 2000, and 2001 as well as profits or losses made during the same period.

Peppi Azzopardi, Lou Bondi and PJ Vassallo have now replied publicly, stating that it is public information that ‘Where’s Everybody’ was legally registered as a Partnership in September 1999. Since the partnership could not render public any details which it is by contract bound not to divulge, Kullhadd was advised to tackle requests pertaining to contracts linked to PBS, MTA and MiC with the companies in question.

Finally the partners made their own request to Kullhadd.

They cordially asked for information on Kullhadd, Super One and Maltastar activities as well as the way money raised during fund-raising campaigns in favour of the MLP were spent. These campaigns reportedly raised Lm 50,000 and Lm 85,000 respectively.

Asked by MaltaToday for his comments on the matter, Felix Agius remarked that it was not his role to make any comments on the matter but that he left this up to the administration. He also said that he thought it quite unethical to divulge newsroom requests for information to the general public as ‘Where’s Everybody’ partners have done through their press release.

In recent months, the Labour media has waged war on Where’s Everybody accusing it of being a Nationalist stooge, a claim rebutted by Where’s Everybody. Alfred Sant, leader of the MLP went as far as referring to Peppi Azzopardi in his reply to the budget speech.