During those painful days of Burnham's rule Guyanese were bombarded with PNC propaganda through the ruling party's newspaper, the New Nation. The New Nation, dubbed the organ of the PNC, was blistering the public with news of prosperity and happy citizens while the nation was starving and every industry was in decline execept the industry of crime. There was one section of the New Nation devoted to showing prospering farmers in the government cooperative sectors. That section was shamelessly called "Good Living". Pictures of smiling farmers with tools in their hands working to build the nation that was supposedly belongs to We. Interviews with these farmers were always about the unending gratitude to the comrade leader, LFS Burnham. Workers and farmers would expressed thanks to the leader and praise his brilliant mind and political acumen for building a Guyana where all will be housed, clothed, and fed by the government of Guyana. There was no report of dissension or bad economic news. According the New Nation, Guyana, under Burnham was a socialist utopia.
One of the men who was running this propaganda machine for the PNC was Adam Harris who is now the editor of the Kaiteur News. Adam Harris was one of the big wigs with the infamous regime who enjoyed a comfortable life. These men instilled fear in the minds of the public and even those in the security forces. One can be fired from their job or be quickly arrested without a probable cause if a man Adam is angry with you.
Fast forward to the PNC's era to the PPP's era. The nation went through trying times and survived. Thanks to many brave citizens from academics to ordinary folks as well as political activists from the WPA and the PPP. International support would play a crucial role in removing the PNC regime from power. During the last twenty years of free government in Guyana there has been a proliferation of voices in the society through various medium such as radio, TV, and newspapers. Some express opposing views to government policies and some supports government policies. One of the Newspapers that has been in the limelight recently has been the Kaieteur News which is owned by a private citizen name Glen Lall. This newspaper started out really well expressing the viewpoints of ordinary folks about problems people face daily. However, recently this paper has been taken over by former propagandists from Burnham's New Nation Adam Harris has become its editor and many others are operating behind the scenes publishing all sorts in lies an misinformation to mislead the public . These propagandists are very clever and have been able to deceived a significant amount oft he people.
The lies and slanders coming out of the KN newspaper today have led people to calling it Knew Nation. It is not a misnomer to call the KN Knew Nation since it views are that of the former New Nation and it is now controlled by propagandist from the old New Nation.