Once again, The Shift News has shown that when it comes to anyone even remotely associated with Labour, it doesn’t report the news — it delivers a verdict.
In their latest attempt to act as the Prosecution, Judge, and Jury, The Shift has launched an attack on Malta International Airport (MIA) simply because a tender was awarded to businessman Christian Borg. Their so-called “investigation” claims moral outrage over a commercial decision, but the real motive is clear — to smear yet another individual connected, however indirectly, to the Labour movement.
Christian Borg
According to The Shift, Christian Borg’s company should not have been selected because he is facing criminal proceedings. In their narrative, anyone charged — not convicted, but merely accused — is already guilty.
They write as if the principle of “innocent until proven guilty” no longer applies. They report as if a Maltese citizen who is still before the Courts has no right to work, invest, or run a business.
What The Shift doesn’t tell its readers is that the courts themselves have not imposed any restriction that prevents Borg from operating or bidding.
But of course, this has nothing to do with procurement, fairness, or legality. It’s about political association.
Christian Borg was once a client of Dr. Robert Abela’s law firm — and for The Shift, that alone makes him guilty. Just like every Labour businessman who dares to succeed.
This is a pattern we’ve seen over and over again. Every entrepreneur linked to Labour becomes a target. Every contract becomes a scandal. Every success story is turned into a smear.
Caroline Muscat
Meanwhile, the same so-called “independent journalists” turn a blind eye when Nationalist-linked businessmen face similar or worse allegations. Not a word, not a headline, not a whisper.
The hypocrisy is staggering. The agenda is obvious.
The Shift does not investigate — it persecutes. It does not seek truth — it seeks to destroy reputations.
When journalists abandon fairness and become political weapons, they don’t strengthen democracy — they corrupt it.
And Malta deserves better than a self-appointed moral court masquerading as a newsroom.
2 Comments
Il virus li jismu ‘the shift news’ infetta lil tan-newsbook.
Neville, I thought you were a wiser person.
If I were you keep away from blotting your pages with a person who is always named for the wrong reasons.
There are other articles from where to prove your point. This one does not classify for this purpose.