Government Senator LaVerne Furbert claimed the Island’s Media Council is not doing what it’s supposed to as she rounded on the press yesterday.The Worker’s Voice co-editor complained Cabinet Minister Neletha Butterfield’s relationship to a man convicted in court had been unfairly mentioned in a broadcast, and bemoaned the fact former Premier Ewart Brown’s son’s graduation failed to make the front page of The Royal Gazette.Senator Furbert spoke during the Upper House’s Motion to Adjourn, after Shadow Health Minister Kathy Michelmore said Government needs to do more to tackle rising obesity levels in children.She said Sen Michelmore’s comments were an example of how the media is failing in its duty to educate people.Sen Furbert said Government is working hard to get people to be more healthy, with Health Minister Zane DeSilva frequently having his picture taken visiting institutions.“I’m finding that the media in Bermuda is misinforming people and certainly they are not educating our people,” she said.“It’s the responsibility of the media to educate our people, not miseducate them. I think of that book, ‘The Miseducation of the Negro’. That’s what most media are doing in this Country: they are miseducating the people of our Country.”She asked why one media outlet’s court report had mentioned a man convicted of a crime is the grandson of Ms Butterfield, saying: “Why would they report that when I’m sure that Minister Butterfield has other grandchildren who have done wonderful things?”She also complained this newspaper did not put a story about former Dr Brown’s son graduating from university on the front page; it went on page ten.“It did not have the same prominence that the coverage of his other sons had,” she said.“I’m not singling out any media today, even though I have issues with The Royal Gazette.”Sen Furbert said she regularly rings talk shows to explain Government is doing its due diligence, and that one show has given her the nickname ‘The Great Defender’.“I find that an insult,” she said.She added: “Even though we have a Media Council, but I don’t know what they are doing. Maybe people are not making complaints to them, but they are not doing what they are supposed to be doing.”Government Senate Leader Kim Wilson added it’s important the media remains accurate even though “sensationalism sells”.Sen Wilson urged the media to remember there’s a difference between people being fired and people being made redundant.