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Dear Editor,
In a sharp escalation of political and media tensions, supporters of the main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP) are calling for popular late-night talk show host Dayne Knight, of the Knight@Knight show on Observer Radio, to be censored or removed from the airwaves altogether.
The call, which is being echoed across several UPP-aligned platforms, reflects growing dissatisfaction with the tone, content, and perceived political bias of the program.
At the heart of the controversy is Observer Radio’s apparent shift away from its previously strong relationship with UPP loyalists in the evenings—many of whom stood by the station during financially precarious times.
Now, those supporters say the network, and particularly Knight, have turned their backs on them. “It’s betrayal,” one longtime supporter said. “They spit on the very people who kept them alive.”
Critics point to Knight’s consistent denigration of UPP supporters, whom he allegedly refers to using terms such as “buffoons,” “sycophants,” “stupid,” and “useful idiots.”
Such inflammatory rhetoric, they argue, has no place in a media landscape that ought to respect democratic plurality and civic engagement.
Furthermore, Knight@Knight is accused of deliberately marginalizing pro-UPP callers and voices—including regular prominent supporters like Ian ‘Majic’ Hughes, “The Analysts,” and “Rass I”—while elevating figures who are openly aligned with the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP), including frequent guest and well-known ABLP loyalist Washington Bramble.
The inclusion of Bramble, described by many UPP supporters as “a mouthpiece for the Prime Minister,” has enraged party loyalists, who view his platforming as an act of media sabotage against the opposition party.
Adding to the friction is Knight’s alleged attempt to bolster his own show by playing clips from Progressive Radio, the UPP’s flagship station. Critics see this as a blatant attempt to ride on the coattails of the very progress he continues to deride.
Progressive Radio has recently gained substantial traction, thanks in part to innovative programming such as the Monday Night Talk with Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle and the crowd-favorite morning show Morning Juice with the effervescent and increasingly influential Juicy Joan—a known rival of Knight.
Some supporters speculate that Knight’s criticism is not rooted in journalism but jealousy. “Progressive Radio is making waves. It’s gaining ground and shaping the narrative,” said one media analyst close to the party. “Knight can’t compete with that, so he’s tearing it down.”
This perceived campaign of slander may also have deeper political motives. Supporters point to the repeated targeting of UPP Chairperson Gisele Isaac, a strong, articulate leader and a central figure in the party’s strategic communications.
“This is not just about media bias,” said a prominent UPP figure. “It’s about undermining one of the most effective women in Antiguan politics today. Some people just can’t handle a strong, intelligent woman leading the charge.”
In light of these concerns, calls have intensified for regulatory intervention. UPP supporters are urging Observer Director Algernon ‘Serpent’ Watts, a sitting Member of Parliament within the UPP administration, to act.
While the notion of censorship raises legitimate questions about press freedom, supporters argue that there is a distinction between free speech and malicious misinformation disguised as commentary.
As the media landscape continues to shift, UPP supporters are being encouraged to rethink their mindset and allegiances. The message is clear: support Progressive Radio, where the party’s vision is amplified — not distorted. “It’s time we stop funding our own humiliation. Progressive Radio is our voice. Let’s use it.”
In a climate already rife with division, the Knight@Knight show stands accused of deepening the divide—not by informing the public, but by insulting them. The time may have come for serious introspection—not only from Dayne Knight, but from the Observer Radio leadership that enables him
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If the UPP and its leadership cannot withstand Dane Knight’s criticism and is asking for him to be censored or remove from Observer Rafio, then the UPP is very weak and should just wheel and come again under new and innovative leadership. UPP as presently constituted is a waste of time PARTICULARLY the LEADERSHIP.
WHAT THE HELL…! …WHERE ANGELS FEAR…? …MUSIC LIKE HELL…!
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FEW OBSERVATIONS:
(i) ‘…FROM VERIFICATION, IT IS ‘…KNIGHT@ NIGHT.’
(ii) …IT IS A ‘…RADIO TALK SHOW’ HELD ‘…ONLY AT NIGHT’ BY ‘…HOST FRIEND-DAYNE KNIGHT:
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PROVOCAUTIVELY RECKLESS:
CAN SAY, ‘…PROVOCATIVELY RECKLESS’ (coined by commenter), LIKE HELL:
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VITALS:
(iii) …HE WAS REPORTEDLY BORN ON ‘…JULY 10 OR 11:
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(iv) …THIS COMMENTER- ‘…JULY 13:
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SIGN OF ZODIAC: …VOCALLY UNINHIBITED:
THIS ‘…SIGN OF THE ZODIA,’ SPEAKS TO ‘…VOCAL UNINHIBITEDNESS:
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CANCEROUS SIGN, TOO:
IT IS ALSO A ‘…CANCEROUS SIGN.’
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THIS ‘…SIGN IS ALSO CANCEROUS, TOO:
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BODILY: – …NON-CURE:
SPEECH- …NON- CURE:
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SIGN OF FOOLS: MINDFUL:
(a) ‘…THIS IS NEITHER A ‘…SIGN OF FOOLS: nor of
(b) …COWARDS: nor of
(c) …HYPOCRITES:
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STILL, ALWAYS MINDFUL OF ‘…LITIGIOUS CONSEQUENCES.’
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THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY ‘..POSSESS ‘…ANGELIC VIRTUE,’ WHAT IS EXPRESSED IN THIS DARN ‘…LETTER,’ IS ‘…OFF LIMIT TO ANGELS.’
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TREAD NOT
THEREFORE, ‘…TREAD NOT WHERE ANGELS FEAR.’
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BREASTPLATED/DAGGER AND ‘…SIGN OF MUSIC
WITH THE ‘..BREASTPLATED/DAGGER AND THE ‘…SIGN OF MUSIC,’ IN THIS PICTURE, IT SEEMS THAT ‘…ANR EDITORS:
(a) ‘…INTENDS THAT SOME PERSON’S HEARTS ARE PIERCED, WHILE OTHERS
(b) … ARE ‘DANCING’ TO THE ‘…KNIGHT TUNES.’
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CAUTION:
WATCH IT ANR. …WATCH THE HELL OF IT.’
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PUBLISH GOOD.
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Be careful what you wish for, calling wolf when there is none, when it really happens you will be ignored. The Pandora box you are opening has the ALP and Gaston smiling, as you foolishly celebrate media censorship, which is the language of the ALP, they wanted to shut down observer radio, and the very opposition now inflicting wounds from friendly fire. The knight and knight show seem to be giving less known radio amateur prominence and also giving progressive radio station recognition by knight playing clips from that station, I say progressive radio should thank Mr knight for giving that station a renaissance, it is now mentioned on ANR as a station to be listened to. Because even Gaston station is dead unless he himself go there and spew confidentiality about private citizens of this country on his station. Mr knight who bring his politics from a national prospective with no strings to government or anyone else is fearless, most of our politics is belly politics, we have to think how we going feed ourselves if we say certain things in the radio because we are tied to government jobs.
The UPP is really not cutting it by putting up someone like Pringle against a more articulate Gaston brown, and don’t tell me Pringle moral character is better so he is better than Gaston, or he is a Christian, that’s not what we want, we want someone capable, articulate with the institutional knowledge or polemics on any issue or platform locally and internationally.
I tell you! The soft heart that upp executive develop for Jamal Pringle because he held the lone seat after the 2014 election is the party demise, there is no entitlement in war unless it’s death, you got to use your best soldier in this political fight against the ALP and Gaston brown. Giselle is now looked upon as a dull leader for presiding over this entitlement fiasco even though she is an intelligent person, the upp will pay dearly for this mistake, the next time the convention should allow freedom of expression by the supporters on the way forward for the party and not opinionate the votes at the convention.
But Mr knight ain’t even as hot as talk shows abroad as yet and they crying, because radio was controlled for years by the ALP, it has not fully developed as yet, and people are still scared, they see the radio as a means of complaining about their personal grievance and not about the country, the amount of electronic sound augmentation that could enhance a talk show is not exploited in Antigua as yet.
And the observer newspaper need to be online interactive for blogging instead a PDF, so as you can see that the ALP putting in the work even though they are in government, still campaigning, and the upp supporters want to tell Mr knight to shut up and go sleep like the party, with just a handful of repetitious caller to progressive radio, change up the zizi show and add things as people suggest and you will see the radio come alive, and the things that upp opine their supporters to talk about is daft, Gaston could drop a bait for a narrative and they eat it all up choking on it when it’s a facade and he really is doing otherwise, during the alpha Nero talk I am sure Barbuda had more harm done to it in terms of it lands while the opposition diverted media attention to the Russian court case. They leave the country open for Gaston to plunder while they concern themselves with a Russian boat and it’s ensuing melee in court, they should have gone to the court to prevent Gaston from using public funds to pay for the court case, which would have yielded empirical records from the court to ascertain the monies been spent as public documents.
The UPP got to choose it’s battle . I am here waiting to be mesmerized once more as the hon.balwind Spencer days.
If UPP wins, press freedom done in Antigua.
Me nah like all the noise, but trying to shut down a show look bad too.
You can’t just silence people because you don’t like what they say.
If it’s lies, take it to court—not the airwaves.
Me used to listen Knight for jokes—now it feel too personal.
Knight@Knight always push buttons. That’s the show’s style.
This is not a letter but a political commentary, obviously written by the lipstick wearing piggy. Knight may be offensive in his style and delivery but everything he says about the UPP is true. UPPites loved it when he attacks Gaston. You Uppites called it journalism. So what is it now?
And neither Serpent nor useless DLP can stop Knight who is a majority shareholder in Observer.
Joan say Miss Night jarz bigger than fu she🤣
I don’t understand why some people are afraid of freedom of speech!
Upp people, if you don’t like what knight is saying, if you disagree with his diatribe,
You cannot stand his rhetoric his comments are offensive,
You know what i suggest you do?
CHANGE THE CHANNEL AND GO WATCH
HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA..
he has a right to his opinion and to give it freely..omg!
Why are you trying to suppress free speech?
Eh,why?
I personally do not agree with everything he says, but I don’t want him taken off the radio
Cause I disagree🤔
Upp talk about the pm
But your no different..
You guys want to turn antigua into a
dictatorship…geeez!!
It’s called political maturity and the UPP really needs to mature it self, you can’t hide behind of Progressive Radio, Knight is actually giving you good advice but you to immature to see it as such you think it’s criticism and so what, a mature political ear listens to side criticism and see what they might learn from it. Mr. Knight is a member of the public and am sure he speaks for many of us, the UPP is not demonstrating that meaningful changes will take place if they were to win an election, that’s what you need to consider, come out and fight for our country, the prime minister has a show every Saturday, have anyone of you, the leaders called to challenge Browne on any topic? Once again it’s called political maturity.
He told them if they want to get rid of him from Observer radio to buy his share’s in the company. Why has none of them do that? Knight has always reminded the public that his show is not a political or pro UPP show. Calling for his removal is tantamount to censorship of the media and silencing a voice that is not aligned with your personal views
If I get this right, it is Gaston ALP making mischievous calls for knight show to come off air for the snap election or bi-election he is about to call, and night is giving air play to progressive radio shows resurrecting a sleeping media to join the fray against Gaston and ALP which could be troubling in securing a win for Gaston, I beg knight to continue playing excerpts from progressive radio because a renaissance is taking place in the media that way, if serpent follow advise and create an interactive online observer newspaper publication where people can blog and augment the poor journalist work in observer, the ANR and Gaston will be in deep trouble, losing their ability to influence public opinion. Keep up the good work knight, because I myself is a recluse and don’t join choirs, I sing my own song in praise of my country.
Until the upp realize that the Antiguan people has been through enough political battles to recognize a fighter and soldier which they don’t see in Pringle to inspire them to protest and march and stand up, we are not going anywhere . the COVID protesters brought more punch to the scene that Pringle can ever muster, then zizi protest, Giselle stop making your lady friends fool you about strong woman garbage, it is good to have such ideology, but permutations in these circumstances dictate a second thought of your actions, which will drive supporters away from the party. Gaston is at his weakest to be taken down from public office, but so too is Pringle a weak inexperienced politician, and doesn’t have the oratory semantic skills or polemics, Gaston is more articulate following the script written by Ron saunders and others, the fight is not between Pringle and Gaston, it’s between Giselle Isaac and Ron saunders, time we see what’s happening. Ron saunders scripts written for Gaston trumps Giselle, we are looking Infront of us but look further.
Blah, blah, blah! At the end of the day, it’s all about the lipstick-wearing piggy/HAG!. The UPP just cannot take strident criticism. They have now shifted from their policy of controlling the mindset of all Antiguans and Barbudans through the domination of all. but one of the local secular radio stations. That’s the sole reason for encouraging the the welcoming of the Prodigal Son, Sean. But it backfired and once again they are totally disoriented like headless chickens! Forget Observer…..now let’s embrace OUR true station Progressive Radio. How childish!!! And these clowns want to run a whole country! Heaven forbid!!!!
Politics can be ironic. The same people the late-night host defended before the last election are now turning against him just because he expressed a different opinion.
Oh please! Go remove the man name Giselle from you all party and leave night alone.
She is more distinctive than Dane!
#freedom of speech we say!
Giselle wrote this!…
Go write your resignation as well. Upp tiad ah you
ANR, what happened to my post? Guess the moderator did not like me veering away from the ABLP narrative and rejected it. The attack on narrative other than what ANR wants has begun.
The sweetest part is when someone said
progressive is making gains and knight can’t compete with that 😂😂😂😂😂……a love song Progressive play….then they have the same
Callers in mornings including the thinking mouth taxi man and Croif whose claim to fame is calling the PM dog poo…look UPP need one flush
Observer Radio is the only Station on Antigua that I have listened to since in High Street. I have been a supporter of that Station ever since. It is not owned by the UPP, ALP, ABLP or the DNA. I have listened to Knight every night. I do not always agreed with his views. However, he has a right to his views. As I do and you the people also. Why do you people have such venom and hatred towards Knight. Then you all would crawl on your stomachs and kiss Gaston’s ring.Gaston Browne would throw piss on you all. He would then ask.How does it smells.Your responses,it surely smells like Chanel Perfume. When you all know it is Piss.While you people are cussing Knight. The Country is going over a cliff and not one damn word from you UPP weak arse supporters.Go after Gaston Browne and band of Merry Men. Leave Knight to hell alone. If Observer needs financial help in the future. My wallets are opened and ready as usual to help.A Antigua , me come fram. A dey me barn.A dey me nearble tring buried.
Franz has turned Mr Derrick’s flag ship program Voice of the People into a UPP noisy pappy show. I miss hearing callers from both sides calling in on VOP, just the usual 8 or 9 callers if they get a chance from Franz monolog, thar dude does not know the show is supposed to be about the callers. But the UPP psycofans happy with that.
The awful morning show with Jackie asking questions to guests and answer them not giving the guest a chance to speak. Also finishing sentences for Jamal because he talk and pick up corn. From listening to her I now understand what happened to education in this country. UPP useful idiots happy with that.
ĎLP show with a strict diet of the same 4 guests repeating the same things over and over. Wait DLP with nearly 50 years in radio cannot attract fresh new voices.
Knight is a UPP supporter, so how the UPP useful idiots do jot know that?
Mr knight is one of those individuals that don’t have cheese in his mouth I talk it as he see it who want vex up to them
so where is his son? why he not talking about his son???