NZ media

[Dutchee]

Okay, let's leave the RIP thread as a RIP thread.

TV3 went over the top tonight with their report. I'm not good as picking what bikes, but to show some of a number plate (the letter part), I thought they were totally insensitive to families & friends, who may not know they've lost loved ones, or have visitation rights.

However, when Craig Jones was lying on the track at the Superbikes this year, I thought that was also over the top. You knew he wasn't going to make it. The commentators had to intervene.

When I worked for a newspaper years ago, one thing made me realise NZ reporters are also the scum of the earth.

A young reporter, working her way up the ladder, asked me for advice on what to do. A school friend had committed suicide - the 3rd in recent times at the same school. She had been asked to cover the funeral and interview her friends about it all (yes, the guy who killed himself was known to her).
I told her to tell the editor to get stuffed, but no, she went ahead with it. I didn't bother with her after that, she'd lost my respect.

I have plenty of other stories about my time there, but some affected me personally, and all I can say is, I thought NZ media was all "papparazzi", but I was young & naive.

I also had a bit of a macrabre giggle when the reporter made the front page after her death - she made the big time both here & where she died.

Can we please leave the tragedy of 3 riders lost today in a separate thread so that anyone affected can read it in peace and remember their loved ones. (if it doesn't make sense, blame the booze)

[Beemer]

Please don't tar ALL of us who work in the media with the same brush. Yes, often 'the media' (big, bad, nasty, scary media who hunt in packs) do go over the top but it's because that's what the public demands. They don't want to read about an accident with the barest of details, they want the full story - and if you think I'm wrong, take a look on here five minutes after news of a crash hits the streets. Everyone wants to know what sort of bike it was, who the rider was, where he/she was headed, what happened, who was at fault, what could have been done to avoid it.

We're not all scum of the earth, any more than all motorcyclists are. Take issue with the reporters/publications that piss you off, but leave the rest of us out of it please.

[Grahameeboy]

Lets put things in perspective...it was not intentional and it did not get all the plate...how many of us know the plate of our mates bikes...

I never really understand this PC view of rights etc...is grief really affected by being told or just happening to see it on TV...someone is dead...one way or another relative's will know and to me sooner rather than later...how would you feel if you did not know for 24 hours...

Just a different angle...

[Pixie]

There's no news in the truth and no truth in the news.

It's all bullshit.Does anyone need to know that a firetruck rolled down a hill in Te Araroa?
If those involved are related to an individual,that individual will be notified by the authorities.

The news is bullshit.