Close Up focus on gutter rather than Key's GST flip-flop
Key booted for Brooke by TVNZ
Television NZ bumped Prime Minister John Key from its prime-time current affairs show so it could feature former All Black Robin Brooke saying sorry for groping a teenage girl. John Key's office has refused to comment on the Close Up show's decision not to talk to the PM about his state of the nation speech. Instead, most of Tuesday's show was devoted to host Mark Sainsbury interviewing Brooke about his explanation for the New Year groping incident in Fiji, a story that has featured in newspapers.
How awful is current affairs coverage in NZ? Nothing sums it up as painfully as TVNZ's decision to dump John Key for a pathetic sex and rugby star story. Instead of holding the Prime Minister to account for his tax cuts for the rich funded by the rest of us paying more GST or mining conservation land, Close Up preferred to roll around in the gutter. Close Up could have played to John Key his quote where he categorically rules out raising GST...
... The Walrus of News, Mark Sainsbury could've demanded from our PM accountability, but having its public broadcaster roles recently removed from TVNZ means that garbage stories like an All Black groping a teenager in Fiji WAS MORE IMPORTANT than holding the Prime Minister to account on an issue on Tax he was clearly caught lying over.
What a pathetic decision by the public broadcaster that fails to hold the powerful to account.
posted by Bomber @ 7:11 am
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Any comment on Campbell Live replaying the best extracts of the Close Up interview immediately after their interview with the PM? I can't remember a time when that has happened. The people at 3 were obviously watching the opposition rather than their own programme.
Guess what Bomber, I agree with you 100%.
I think that the majority of the mainstream media still seem a little star-struck by Key for some reason. They seem to do everything they can to make excuses for him, or when the time is right - just not report anything at all.
Journalism in general in this country is a bit rubbish. It feels biased. Like mainstream media have become spokespeople for government departments. And they also know jack. Surely the standard can't be this bad across the board. I secretly hope that our good jornalists have fled this countries editors.
Bomber,
About more mining in conservation land. Key and Brownlee are just parroting the mining industry.
Key said "Mining in New Zealand uses just 40 square kilometres of land, less than 0.015 percent of our total land area,"
Brownlee said exactly the same area in Parliament in mid September 2009.
They have got this soundbite from the mining industry. Have a look at the New Zealand Mineral Industry Association website.
"Current mining activities area disturbing an area of less than 30 square kilometres and mine sites are being rehabilitated progressively."
Jan Wright the PCE says there are 111 mining licences WITHOUT resource consents which cover a total licence area of 20,784 ha (207.84 km2), of which 3,019 ha are within conservation land. (30.19 km2)
http://www.pce.parliament.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/4527/Detail_of_old_mining_operations.pdf
According to Minsitry of Economic Development's Crown Minerals annual report (PDF) (page 16) there are 508 mining permits/licences.
If 111 licences involve 207 km2, then 508 must cover a whole lot more area than 40km2!
So Key's "fact" - 'mining is only 40km2' is wrong. It's greenwashing.
Well gotta hand it to you Bomber no matter what the polls says, no matter how badly a politician (Obama) acts to contrary of your beliefs, no matter how much scientific evidence evidence is faked you always hold fast to your beliefs.
Come on people - surely we are not surprised by the Walrus and his crap sensationalism???!!!!
This is what most people want. They don't want to think for themselves - oh no - lets have a sex scandal before important economic and social news.
We don't have an effective media in this country.
In my opinion true debate and news is found here and on other blogs. At least (regardless of political persuasion) we give a shit!
this is the reason i look foward to bombers show each week, its a breath of fresh air from the mainstream news and i wish it was broadcast on all channels at 8pm to force truth into some homess around the country
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