TV ONE are arseholes

[jellywrestler]

A Motorcyclist versus car accident on Saturday, in Wellington, resulted in the Death of the rider on the sunday.
TV One ran a report on the accident including a clear shot of the number plate.
I don't know who it was, the name hadn't been released, but it's a terrible thing for our media to show this, and someone who knows them to recognise the bike.

http://www.bsa.govt.nz/make-a-complaint-now/


Aired just after 6pm, my form was printed and sealed in an envelope by 10 past.

[hellokitty]

A Motorcyclist versus car accident on Saturday, in Wellington, resulted in the Death of the rider on the sunday.
TV One ran a report on the accident including a clear shot of the number plate.
I don't know who it was, the name hadn't been released, but it's a terrible thing for our media to show this, and someone who knows them to recognise the bike.

http://www.bsa.govt.nz/make-a-complaint-now/


Aired just after 6pm, my form was printed and sealed in an envelope by 10 past.

Yes, I saw that too and thought how wrong it was to show the plate - imagine if that had been your family member or friend. Thanks for the link, will make a complaint too.

[Maha]

I saw the article and thought nothing of it.
The death occured the day after the accident giving enough time to for family to be notified. I think that if you get a reply it will say the family had been notified.
None of my three sisters or indeed my parents know my bike rego.
I would venture to suggest that even Anne doesn't know my bike rego off hand.

Can anyone on here tell me the rego on my bike?
If you got a brief glimps of it on TV could you tell that it was mine?

[Cloggy]

I wouldn't go as far as to call them assholes, but I don't think it was necessary to show the bike or the plate in the news clip.

[jellywrestler]

I wouldn't go as far as to call them assholes, but I don't think it was necessary to show the bike or the plate in the news clip.

So why wasn't it simply pixillated out? these people do news everyday, sure it's a common thing to have some sort of consideration when dealing with any fatality???
thoughtless Arseholes would be better then eh?

[AllanB]

No biggie mate - most of the people on here probably don't even know their own number plates. Car plates are shown in mangled wrecks all the time.

[pritch]

I wouldn't go as far as to call them assholes,

I would. It is common at crash scenes for the emergency crews to be diverted from their life saving efforts to erect screens to keep the TV cameras from filming the victims .

But that's just one reason and one TV channel, they continually give me reasons to consider them arseholes. Be it misreporting, dumb questions, shite programming, or just slanted coverage, as with the recently reported SAS actions in Afghanistan.

Seemingly they are continually striving to attain a more advanced state of mediocrity... Yeah, "arseholes" about covers it.

[YellowDog]

No biggie mate - most of the people on here probably don't even know their own number plates. Car plates are shown in mangled wrecks all the time.

Unless of course it is a personalised number plate.

Bikes and bike gear do look very similar, particularly with common bikes.

I must say that, whilst I couldn't quote them from memory, I do recognise the number plates of fellow riders I know.

Condolences to the family and friends of the guy who didn't survive the crash.

[flyingcrocodile46]

But that's just one reason and one TV channel, they continually give me reasons to consider them arseholes. Be it misreporting, dumb questions, shite programming, or just slanted coverage, as with the recently reported SAS actions in Afghanistan.


To put it bluntly they are sensationalistic lying fucking arseholes who have no interest in the truth unless it sells papers. So much so that they will knowingly print misinformation (fucking lies) rather than the truth. I have had dealings with them (on multi million dollar headline issues) twice and know this for a fact.

I can no longer believe anything I see in the news (papers or TV)

I wouldn't give the useless lying cunts the steam off my shit.

Roll on anarchy so we can start killing some of society's toxic scum:yes:

[pritch]

Roll on anarchy so we can start killing some of society's toxic scum:yes:

Don't hold back, say what you really think. :devil2:

[flyingcrocodile46]

Don't hold back, say what you really think. :devil2:


I can't. It frightens people

[boman]

I agree. I have had dealings with them in the past. Thoughtless, arrogant, invading scum, are what my feelings on the media in this country are. And they only print what they want to print. They also quite often get that wrong too.

And I agree, that the Plate should have been pixalated out.

[ynot slow]

My wife had similar press wanker taking pictures whilst she attempted to help a rider after she heard the crash from home,I had that eerily feeling of it being a bike due to the sound of scraping(6th sense maybe)so let her go.When ambo and fire arrived etc along with the local press taking pics of crash scene she asked a cop to tell the camera guy to have some friggin respect,she knew the guy had just died,and having been in funeral industry wasn't upset as pissed off with the tosser,especially when he stood at rear of bike to take pics,and knowing the plate was visible etc,gave the guy a verbal.The press guy replied patronisingly about her being in shock at the scene,well she nearly ripped his jugular out.Turned out the cop asked the pics to be removed and no(bike) identity be shown if any pics for paper were used.

[Bonez]

That bikes rego had expired years prior anyway...............

[Skunk]

I saw the article and thought nothing of it.
The death occured the day after the accident giving enough time to for family to be notified. I think that if you get a reply it will say the family had been notified.Family still have not been informed. Showing the plate is inexcusable.

[D3ALN]

I don't think it matters to be honest. Its just a numberplate. anyone who went past it would of seen the plate to.

[Hitcher]

Aired just after 6pm, my form was printed and sealed in an envelope by 10 past.

Send a similar complaint to One News's head of news. You may get action quicker than you won't get through the BSA process.

[Hitcher]

To put it bluntly they are sensationalistic lying fucking arseholes who have no interest in the truth unless it sells papers.

In this case it's TV news and no papers are involved. Rather than being "sensationalist" they're just sloppy with their editing of footage shot at the accident scene. Easter, skeleton staff, slow news day, it's probably a genuine mistake and easily done if people aren't concentrating.

At this point we could also lapse into a philosophical discussion about "what is truth"?

[White trash]

Send a similar complaint to One News's head of news. You may get action quicker than you won't get through the BSA process.

Correct. All broadcasters are required to have a complaints process for handling these sorts of things, then the BSA if nothing's resolved.

[FJRider]

At this point we could also lapse into a philosophical discussion about "what is truth"?

This is KB ... TRUTH ... ???

[Kendog]

They just showed the plate on a crashed car and the one on the crashed bike.
Do they ever hide the plates?

[marie_speeds]

I don't think it matters to be honest. Its just a numberplate. anyone who went past it would of seen the plate to.

And I doubt that anyone who saw it on the news or passes it can quote the plate they saw briefly unless they cheat and hop onto TVNZ website to review video footage and pause it. I also doubt that anyone who saw said plate is going to hop on line to look up details of plate.

[scumdog]

I saw the article and thought nothing of it.
The death occured the day after the accident giving enough time to for family to be notified. I think that if you get a reply it will say the family had been notified.
None of my three sisters or indeed my parents know my bike rego.
I would venture to suggest that even Anne doesn't know my bike rego off hand.

Can anyone on here tell me the rego on my bike?
If you got a brief glimps of it on TV could you tell that it was mine?

Sums up my line of thought too..

[Hitcher]

People have also recently started writing strongly-worded letters to newspaper editors complaining about those of us who toot in the Mt Victoria road tunnel. All touch with reality such people have lost.

[FJRider]

People have also recently started writing strongly-worded letters to newspaper editors complaining about those of us who toot in the Mt Victoria road tunnel. All touch with reality such people have lost.

It plays havoc with their hearing aids .... :sunny:

[pete376403]

So why wasn't it simply pixillated out? these people do news everyday, sure it's a common thing to have some sort of consideration when dealing with any fatality???
thoughtless Arseholes would be better then eh?

They (TV) have no problems pixellating out the faces of people commiting criminal acts (ie the Great Hamilton Supermarket Midnight Heist) or car plates of paua poachers

[Maha]

Sums up my line of thought too..

I thought that recognising the make of bike would have more of a give away...I have now seen the rego a couple of times and still couldn't tell you what it is but the bike.....a yellow 250 Hornet?

[SMOKEU]

Most people can't even tell the difference between a Suzuki and a Kawasaki so I don't see the problem here.

Don't we have more important things to do than complain just because we don't agree with something we see on TV? Change the channel if you must.

[Elysium]

No biggie mate - most of the people on here probably don't even know their own number plates. Car plates are shown in mangled wrecks all the time.

Now wait a.....oh shit your right. What was mine again?

[Crasherfromwayback]

People have also recently started writing strongly-worded letters to newspaper editors complaining about those of us .

You're a 'tooter'?

[Smifffy]

They (TV) have no problems pixellating out the faces of people commiting criminal acts (ie the Great Hamilton Supermarket Midnight Heist) or car plates of paua poachers

Agreed, and I would know instantly if any plate shown was that of the car driven by the Moll, my sister, or my parents,l or for that matter my bestys.

[Hitcher]

You're a 'tooter'?

A card-carrying member. I only started (many years ago) to fuck off the endless stream of whingers who wrote letters of complaint to the city's newspaper editors. As if that was going to make any real difference. I understand that this practice really annoys people who walk or bicycle through said tunnel, but then one can't see them when one is driving or riding through, now can one?

That will be a different story in the Brand New Tunnel, where pedestrians and others of that ilk will be displayed behind a wall of armourglass.