The verdict on the recent application by the Barbados Light & Power Company for a rate hike promised by the Chairman of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) Sir bNeville/b Nicholls passed without any serious notice by the media earlier this month . ... After a full year of BU battering the Barbados Fourth bEstate/b it is clear the traditional media remains in crisis. Its willingness to be sympathetic to sponsors or to promote stories which require little intelligence, ...