Nicky Hager's book seems to have disturbed a hornet's nest - so that now we have one journalist tricking another journalist onto his prorgram so he can grill him on what he knew about Nicky Hager's book.
Absolutely disgusting.
It confirms everything I always suspected about Sean Plunket and about lack of journalistic standards at large in this country
Thanks to Martyn Bradbury.
Absolutely disgusting.
It confirms everything I always suspected about Sean Plunket and about lack of journalistic standards at large in this country
Thanks to Martyn Bradbury.
I
don’t always agree with
Patrick Gower – but he didn’t
deserve
this!
Martyn Bradbury
The National Party is the Titanic, John Key is the Captain, Slater is the iceberg and Sean Plunket, Mike Hosking and Paul Henry are the band playing on the deck
The National Party is the Titanic, John Key is the Captain, Slater is the iceberg and Sean Plunket, Mike Hosking and Paul Henry are the band playing on the deck
27
August, 2014
I
don’t always agree with Patrick Gower – but he didn’t deserve
this weird spear tackle from behind by his own company.
I
was listening to this interview at the time,
and the awkwardness of it must be the worst Radio of Sean Plunket’s
entire history.
Gasp
at the pain of Gower giving Sean the frozen shoulder as Sean
flounders like a drowning first year Broadcasting Graduate in an
interview that Radio Live have removed from their website…
…the
National Party is the Titanic, John Key is the Captain, Slater is the
iceberg and Sean Plunket, Mike Hosking and Paul Henry are the band
playing on the deck.
This
was a shocker of an interview and surely Radio Live would be thinking
about who else should go into that time slot. Surely?
What use is an apology forced by the employer. Plunket meant every bit of it. It is toxic sludge.
RadioLive
presenter Sean Plunket has apologised to 3News political editor
Patrick Gower for ambushing him live on air about his knowledge of
the book Dirty Politics.
Gower
was tricked into going on air on Friday so Plunket could question him
on whether he had known about Nicky Hager's book before its launch.
The
book reveals National Party links to Right-wing bloggers and accuses
senior party members of being involved in a co-ordinated smear
campaign against opponents.
The
assertion Gower had earlier knowledge of Dirty Politics was based on
allegations by RadioLive listeners. They had contacted the station
saying they recalled Gower saying during the Oravida scandal that a
really big bombshell would come before the election.
In
a bizarre exchange, Gower sounded dumbfounded by the questions while
Plunket continued to put forward the point.
Gower
and Plunket are both employed by MediaWorks.
Plunket
started his 9am show today by issuing an apology to Gower.
"On
Friday, I suggested Patrick knew about the Nicky Hager book in
advance, and in particular the material relating to [Justice
Minister] Judith Collins," Plunket said.
"Patrick
was tricked into coming on air under false pretences.
"I
then questioned him about this live on air without having any
evidence whatsoever to support the claims.
"These
claims were based on comments from listeners that I did not check and
I have since discovered there is no basis for the claims."
Plunket
said he apologised for his comments that undermined Gower's
professional reputation. Gower did not deserve such treatment.
"In
short, I was out of line and I am sorry for treating him the way I
did."
Most
of Plunket's Friday 9am-noon show has been removed from RadioLive's
website, including the section where he interviews Gower.
And in case you (like me) didn't have any idea what scum these people are, just listen to Jeremy Wells’ Mike Hosking rant on Radio Hauraki - 'how much Key arouses me and hateful hip hop"
I am not sure how these people differ from Slater and Whaleoil
Is
it weird Radio NZ ban me
yet still have….
Martyn Bradbury
Is
it weird Radio
NZ ban me for life because I criticised the Prime Minister yet
still have Matthew Hooton, David Farrar and Jordan Williams, 3 of the
main protagonists revealed in Dirty Politics
as part of their ongoing political punditry?
This
isn’t an attempt to get back on RNZ, that boat has long ago sailed.
I remember saying at the time that the impression I was given was
that a Labour-Green Government would be in power before i was ever
let back on again, but surely we can demand a better standard
from our Public Broadcaster?
More
from Helen Kelly, Bryce Edwards, Morgan Godfery, Julie Fairey, Selwyn
Manning or Russel Brown would make for far better informed
political commentary than what Radio NZ are currently dredging
up.
Dr.
Brian Edwards' response to Bomber Bradbury's banning from Radio New
Zealand is HERE
Here,
by the way a trancript of what got Bradbury banned -
“What
does a $43 million loan to Mediaworks buy you on Radio Live –
apparently an hour of John Key avoiding answering any questions on
politics. Why pay Mediaworks $43 million for that, when John Key can
appear on Close Up and not answer questions for free.
…“Radio
Live didn’t offer any other political leader an hour of free
talkback and went on to claim that allowing the Prime Minister to
host an hour of radio minus any hard questions at all about his
policy isn’t political. Which is kinda like arguing that allowing
George W Bush to write editorials in the New York Times about his
favorite cake recipe during the invasion of Iraq isn’t ‘political’.
“Radio
Live say it’s because of electoral law that John Key couldn’t
answer questions on politics. Really? Put Key in there for an hour
with an interviewer and ask him questions, that would have side
stepped those issues, but to give him an hour where he gets to hide
behind a ‘no politics’ zone on the very day our credit was
downgraded is simply disgraceful!
…
“And John Key’s
attempt yesterday to blame the Labour Party for a man’s attempted
self harm in Parliament is a new low, even for Parliament.
“Yelling,
“It’s your fault, it’s your fault” while making a throat
slashing gesture at Phil Goff (as a man with mental health issues
dangled from Parliaments balcony) is the sort of ravings one expects
from a meth addict on a bender, not the political leader of a
country.
“Topping
this nonsense off is Key’s excuse that he was actually talking
about Labour’s criticism of his over spending on the Diplomatic
Protection service?
“What
could justify making a throat slashing gesture at Phil Goff for an
event that had all the implications of an attempted suicide if the
guy had actually fallen? What a lovely little piece of work our Prime
Minister is when he is caught off guard.”
This
is more objectionable than the scum like Plunkett and Hosking or the
right-wing filth that come staight out of the pages of “the Hollow
Men” and “Dirty Politics” to play the role of 'objective
commentors' on Radio New Zealand??
Hip
hop death threats – the
selective outrage of our
media
An
Auckland hip-hop crew slammed for releasing a song with lyrics that
apparently include a threat to kill Prime Minister John Key are
urging young people to enrol to vote.
Kill
The PM, by @peace, depicts a golfing, luxury car-driving Key, and
says he should die – “ain’t doin’ nothin’ so I’m gonna
kill the prime minister”.
It
continues: “I been tryin’ to get a job but they got none/so I
instead I got a sawnoff shotgun/and ‘pop’.”
A
spokesman for Police National Headquarters said today they were
looking into the lyrics.
“Police
is aware of the track – it is currently being assessed to determine
any issues from a police perspective.”
The
Electoral Commission was not available to comment but confirmed they
were also evaluating the song’s lyrics.
A
wag might suggest that when @peace sang ‘Kill John Key” – they
were referring to Key’s office. I’m increasingly uncomfortable at
the level of censorship the Electoral Commission are wielding this
election, they’ve already banned one parody song, I’d hate for us
to be limited to the following…
Approved
songs from the Electoral Commission:
When
I say, ‘Kill John Key’, you say, ‘not literally’
“Kill
John Key” – “Not literarily”
“Kill
John Key” – “Not literarily”
Now
when I say, “Fuck John Key”, you say, “Only metaphorically”
…I’m
not going to try and defend the lyrics of @Peace, that’s for them
to do, but the selective outrage by some of our media is a tad
tedious. It’s amazing that this song, which the media originally
claimed was funded by NZ on Air – (that turned out to be a
lie) – has received such attention when we have actual evidence in
black and white published in a book that suggests MPs were
blackmailed, candidate selections rigged, brothels trawled, computers
hacked and secret intelligence service information passed directly to
a far right hate speech merchant.
It’s
interesting that the media want to focus on a Hip Hop song rather
than real allegations that go all the way to the PMs office. When
student chants get described as ‘Nazi chants’, burning effigies
decried as hate politics and Hip Hop lyrics reported to the Police
all the while a shameful culture of sadistic manipulation of our
political culture is shrugged off by that same media as politics as
usual, it’s self explanatory as to why youth are so utterly
cynical towards the political process.
John
Key demanded his daughter be left out of politics which is righteous,
but it’s a pity he couldn’t extend that same courtesy to the Pike
River family who had their son described as ‘feral’ by Key’s
mate Cameron Slater.
Matthew Hooton
Wow. At 11.45am today, after defending @JohnKeyPM for a week on @RadioLIVENZ, @SeanPlunket compares our PM to Nixon http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Audio.aspx
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