Thursday, December 21, 2006

Tryst With Destiny.

Fiji Village reports that, Fiji Army Commander and interim President questioned the leadership of the Great Council of Chiefs( GCC). Whilst the question of the employment of sacked Fijian Affairs Board C.E.O is niggling, it was a subject which the G.C.C Chairman was impelled to defend as reported in this Fiji Village article.
After the GCC meeting concluded New Zealand Radio's online article wasn' t any closer to answers.

Although, Fiji Village(F.V) reports that Frank Bainimarama would meet the G.C.C after Christmas regarding their meeting's consolidated resolution; subsequent reports from F.V publish that, the interim Government would not entertain further negotiations.

The media take on the Fiji's latest political events is analyzed with a Podcast produced by "On the Mat" a production of Pacific Beat, a subsidiary of Australian Broadcasting Corporation. James Panichi interviews Stanley Simpson Editor of Fiji Living and presenter for Fiji T.V's "Close Up Program". Also interviewed was Michael Field correspondent of Fairfax newspapers of New Zealand.

The questions range from journalistic coverage of the coup amidst the High Court Trial for Sitiveni Rabuka and touches on the debate of journalistic experience in covering high profile cases as well as the high turn-over of media employees and the lost footage of Fiji 2000 coup.

Ethical latitude was a question posed by "On the Mat" interviewer, James Panichi on Fiji Television's decision to air the "embarrassing and incriminating" video of behind the scenes on Fiji Parliament in the height of Fiji's 2000 coup and video of a delegation from Great Council of Chiefs visiting George Speight and company.
Further issues raised on the podcast was the 'propaganda' phase of the turn of events as well as the personality profile of the Fiji Military spokesperson, Major Leweni. Overall the podcast was a balanced reportage of Fiji's current political landscape.



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