Prime Minister Patrick Manning says he has adopted a new line of action to deal with any media reports or broadcasts that, in his view, have crossed the line.

’I have taken a personal decision and that decision is if ever I am aggrieved by anything the media does in the future, I am going to the courts. I am going to the courts,’ Manning said during yesterday’s post-Cabinet news conference, where he announced his intentions to sue the TnT Mirror Weekend Newspaper over a report it published on November 2, about a visit he paid to the 94.1 FM radio station.

’The front page and the headline were wrong in four instances...and, therefore, I am taking this matter to the courts to seek to redress. That is where I will get my redress in the future,’ Manning said.

He held up a copy of the edition of the paper and read its front page headline that stated, ’Manning loses his cool.’ Manning then read the accompanying headline that stated, ’Enraged PM storms into Power 102 following midday newscast that didn’t bring music to his ears.’

’First of all, Manning did not loose his cool. That’s incorrect. Secondly, I did not storm into any radio station, the least of all Power 102, I went to 94.1, and the report did not have anything to do with music. It had to do with unprofessional conduct of the reporting of the news,’ Manning said.

Manning also said he did not immediately visit the 94.1 FM after he left the barbershop in San Fernando.