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Russell Brown

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:11:44 +1200

Because of Dateline’s complaint, which appears to be more in the form of a legal threat than a formal BSA complaint, and subsequent communications from SBS, I’m unable to continue this discussion beyond what I’ve already said. I presume Jon is in a similar position. I find this extremely regrettable.…

Russell Brown

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:40:06 +1200

One surviving child said she saw lights of other US soldiers in the yard while her family was being massacred, Brown and co reckon that is dodgy reporting eh?

Two experienced, courageous and respected war reporters, Jon Stephenson and Bette Dam, who were there on the scene and interviewed witnesses…

nzlemming

Wed, 09 May 2012 22:00:19 +1200

Medication time.

James George

Wed, 09 May 2012 20:04:10 +1200

Perhaps if Brown & co had put an equal amount of effort into investigating those news broadcasts by the BBC, CBS & A-J english, that are just trite regurgitations of the talking points daily foisted upon us by the governments of the nations that instigated the murderous and unwarranted invasion of Afghanistan,…

Steve Withers

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:39:21 +1200

My issue is with what terrible stewards the National party are of our public assets. Ripping up public broadcasting and defaulting to Sky seems a terrible way to enhance the value and returns from the public media assets we all have a share in. The same goes for the asset…

Russell Brown

Tue, 08 May 2012 20:39:53 +1200

Just because Murdoch is an arsehole, though, doesn’t mean the Nats are actually in bed with him. They can just as easily take advantage of the climate he creates

In the interview I did with him today, Bryan Gould suggested that Murdoch doesn't need to seek regulatory favours here as…

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:19:47 +1200

As Russell and others have pointed out, one explanation for the free ride Sky TV has had in NZ is because they have a full-time lobbyist (Tony O'Brien) in Parliament, who has privileged access to all areas, representing the interests of monopolistic private company.

Islander

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:26:08 +1200

a heartfelt +1!
My experiences with some media people has made me determined to never have anything more to do with them (reguardless of whether it’s an event or a person.)

O, except for the tribe...

nzlemming

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:07:41 +1200

Pretty much right on the ownership. The Companies Office reports Sky Network Television Limited's shareholdings as:

Total Number of Shares: 389139785
NEWS LIMITED
43.65% 169854716
TODD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
11.11% 43220277
HSBC NOMINEES (NEW ZEALAND) LIMITED
3.15% 12259317
NATIONAL NOMINEES NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
2.94% 11436132
Accident Compensation Corporation
2.66% 10356379
J…

Graham Dunster

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:51:16 +1200

Another illustration that very little we get fed by the media is sufficiently trustworthy. Any one who has been involved in an event that has become the focus of media attention quickly learns to treat other events' reporting with great caution as one's own event's mis-reporting must inevitably be replicated…

Steve Withers

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:35:01 +1200

Are we seeing the same ‘Murdoch effect’ here in New Zealand? The wings are being pulled off public broadcasting in favour of Sky TV……which (last time I checked) is 44% owned by Rupert Murdoch. Sky Chairman, Peter MacCourt, come from Murdoch’s News Limited in Australia, where he has worked since…

Russell Brown

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:25:40 +1200

Way too many scare-quotes in that screed. Apparently Jon Stephenson is a “New Zealander”, a “reporter” and a “special correspondent”.

Indeed. It's the kind of reference point by which you assess a text. The fact that the author clearly hadn't even googled Jon's name before potting him as an American…

nzlemming

Mon, 07 May 2012 17:09:39 +1200

No, they’re complaining about our programme to the New Zealand BSA (or not — it's unclear whether it's a formal complaint or a defamation threat

Oh, I misread, sorry.

Steve Curtis

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:52:38 +1200

This post by 'powow' on the debatingchambers website seems to give an opposite point of view than that given by Mediawatch
http://debatingchambers.com/310_panjwai-march-11-2012-eyewitnesses-to-the-slaughter-of-innocents#comment-23
Have we moved past the slaughter of innocents to a real battle in the media

Steve Curtis

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:32:51 +1200

Considering that even witnesses's stories can be confused, embellished or contradictory this is par for the course. Any viewers who think that all the truth is being told in the first reports must have a low credulity level.
This seems to be just another journalistic spat over terms such as…

Martin Lindberg

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:24 +1200

Yalda Hakim, the Dateline reporter has, meanwhile, alerted her Twitter followers to this screed, which contains this bizarre passage:

Way too many scare-quotes in that screed. Apparently Jon Stephenson is a "New Zealander", a "reporter" and a "special correspondent".

Russell Brown

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:32:49 +1200

SBS are complaining about a programme they broadcast? Wow. That’s fucked up.

No, they’re complaining about our programme to the New Zealand BSA (or not — it's unclear whether it's a formal complaint or a defamation threat) – after *the ABC’s* Media Watch used a comment made by Jon Stephenson…

nzlemming

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:01:14 +1200

SBS are complaining about a programme they broadcast? Wow. That's fucked up.

Public Address

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:01:14 +1200

Discussion from blog post.