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4. The Tribune เคยเล่นข่าวที่ทำให้เป็นเรื่องเป็นราวเหมือนกัน
"In February, The Tribune newspaper broke an international news story when it published two photographs on its front page showing the Immigration Minister, Shane Gibson, and the former model, Anna Nicole Smith, both fully clothed, embracing on Smiths bed in her Nassau mansion. Smith, a US citizen residing in the Bahamas, and Gibson, a PLP member of parliament, had earlier been involved in controversy when Gibson had been accused of showing Smith preferential treatment by fast-tracking her residency application in the previous year. The story made international news headlines because Smith had been found dead in a hotel in Florida earlier in the month. Following the publication of the photographs, Gibson, a married man, at first denied any impropriety, but eventually resigned from his position as minister. Prime Minister Perry Christie denounced The Tribune, saying: "Newspapers have now become rag sheets for political parties and where unapologetically they are conveying and purveying the partys message and doing it in the way that is intended to have a negative effect on my party or a negative impact on my party." Government supporters staged protests outside The Tribune's offices calling for the editor, the British citizen, John Marquis, to be deported, labelling him a "journalistic terrorist." Marquis said he published the photographs because of their potential political impact. He said: "For the Bahamas, it's not just a salacious story. It's a story with pretty far-reaching political implications." The scandal probably contributed to the PLPs defeat in the May election. The main opposition party, the Free National Movement (FNM), returned to government by capturing 23 of the 41 seats in the House of Assembly.
Following its election victory, the new FNM government promised to introduce a Freedom of Information bill and also to disclose all agreements with foreign investors, to regularly report to the public on the state of the country, and to uphold a code of ethics for ministers and members of parliament. The attorney-general soon announced that she had received and was perusing the initial draft of the Act, and that she expected the legislation to be presented to the House of Assembly before the end of the year, although this did not happen."
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