07-03-2024, 02:29 PM
Considering that rather a lot of them are about to lose their jobs I think they can be excused for being concerned. I'm not keen on people being kicked when they're down, & while I agreed with his end of life bill, its becoming extremely difficult to find anything admirable about David Seymour these days
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3502039...ournalists
"ACT leader David Seymour said journalists have been ‘celebrating and dancing at every slip’ a politician makes.
ACT leader David Seymour says journalists may want to consider their own “behaviour”, as hundreds of staff between TVNZ and TV3 face the axe.
Earlier, speaking to Newstalk ZB, Seymour criticised reporting from 1 News senior political reporter Benedict Collins about Luxon’s U-turn on claiming a $52,000 accommodation allowance to live in a house he owns mortgage-free.
“They have spent years celebrating and dancing at every slip that a politician makes, competing to get scalps as they call them,” he told the station.
“And all of a sudden they say, ‘but when we have a bad day you’ve got to be kind to us’.”
He said that “delightful lack of self-awareness” was “a big part of the problem” facing media.
Asked by Stuff what he meant by that comment, Seymour said technological change was the main reason leading to job losses - but he suggested the style of television journalism may have contributed as well.
“While I think the technological issues are the the underlying story here, a bit of self reflection from people like that wouldn't go amiss either,” he said.
Seymour told Stuff he did want to defend the news media.
“Here's the real issue. 80% of the ad revenue just went to Google and Facebook. They've got shrinking newsrooms, they've got to produce more words per day, they've got less time to do scrutiny. I mean, one of my favourite movies is All the President's Men."
A TVNZ spokesperson said Seymour had singled out their reporter Collins for doing his job of challenging politicians and policies across the political spectrum on behalf of New Zealanders.
“We are not asking for sympathy as the minister suggested, but are asking for our politicians to respect the independence of our media so they can get on with their work,” the spokesperson said."
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/3502039...ournalists
"ACT leader David Seymour said journalists have been ‘celebrating and dancing at every slip’ a politician makes.
- He made the comments when asked about hundreds of people set to lose jobs at TVNZ and TV3.
- He told Stuff there had been “enormous self pity” from the media sector.
ACT leader David Seymour says journalists may want to consider their own “behaviour”, as hundreds of staff between TVNZ and TV3 face the axe.
Earlier, speaking to Newstalk ZB, Seymour criticised reporting from 1 News senior political reporter Benedict Collins about Luxon’s U-turn on claiming a $52,000 accommodation allowance to live in a house he owns mortgage-free.
“They have spent years celebrating and dancing at every slip that a politician makes, competing to get scalps as they call them,” he told the station.
“And all of a sudden they say, ‘but when we have a bad day you’ve got to be kind to us’.”
He said that “delightful lack of self-awareness” was “a big part of the problem” facing media.
Asked by Stuff what he meant by that comment, Seymour said technological change was the main reason leading to job losses - but he suggested the style of television journalism may have contributed as well.
“While I think the technological issues are the the underlying story here, a bit of self reflection from people like that wouldn't go amiss either,” he said.
Seymour told Stuff he did want to defend the news media.
“Here's the real issue. 80% of the ad revenue just went to Google and Facebook. They've got shrinking newsrooms, they've got to produce more words per day, they've got less time to do scrutiny. I mean, one of my favourite movies is All the President's Men."
A TVNZ spokesperson said Seymour had singled out their reporter Collins for doing his job of challenging politicians and policies across the political spectrum on behalf of New Zealanders.
“We are not asking for sympathy as the minister suggested, but are asking for our politicians to respect the independence of our media so they can get on with their work,” the spokesperson said."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
