1:33 PM |
Ono,
And what about your alleged email re NPRT? where is it ??????
Will
PiTV
Quoting "Ono Ivi" <onoivi@gmail.com>:
> TVNZ faces legal action from Samoa govt By CLIO FRANCIS - Stuff.co.nz Last
> updated 07:41 24/04/2009
> <http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/2527901/Some-Gitmo-detainees-reject-Palau-move>
>
> A TVNZ story about gun-running and gangs in Samoa has so enraged the Apia
> government that its cabinet is consulting high-profile lawyers with the idea
> of suing the broadcaster.
>
> The One News item Gangs and Drugs in Samoa has provoked fierce debate in
> Pacific journalism circles, with suggestions from Samoan media that parts of
> the item were staged.
>
> TVNZ has strongly defended its Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver, and
> took the rare step of releasing a signed affidavit from Dreaver, saying it
> would be "completely unconscionable and unethical to stage manage material
> for a story, and I would never do such a thing".
>
> Dreaver said in her affidavit she had reported Pacific issues for 19 years.
> "I understand that Samoan police have alleged that some of the people who
> appeared in my story were 'actors' who were asked by TVNZ to act like
> gangsters and drug dealers.
>
> "It has also been alleged that TVNZ supplied alcohol to them, and asked them
> to smoke a cigarette on camera as if it was marijuana. I categorically deny
> these allegations."
>
> TVNZ news editor Paul Patrick stood by the story and said the allegations
> hit directly at TVNZ and Dreaver's reputation.
>
> Screened on April 5, the story showed young men brandishing machetes,
> smoking cannabis and discussing what TVNZ said was a growing gun and drug
> trade.
>
> The item also screened on Samoan television. The Samoan Government
> responded, in a statement released by Auckland law firm Chapman Tripp, to
> say it was concerned by the "inaccurate report and seeming lack of
> professionalism".
>
> The Samoan Attorney- General, Ming Leung Wai, said a cabinet meeting was
> held yesterday to discuss legal options.
>
> The government said police had statements from individuals who appeared in
> the story, and they were not real gang members and had been asked by TVNZ to
> act as though they were gangsters and drug dealers for the purposes of a
> documentary. The government also complained that the item damaged the
> reputation of Samoa as a safe place for tourists.
>
> Hugh Rennie, a Queen's Counsel and former head of the Broadcasting
> Corporation of New Zealand, said the case seemed entirely novel. "Under New
> Zealand law I am not aware of any examples where it has been claimed that a
> whole nation has been defamed and is entitled to legal action."
>
> >
>
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