tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299457.post3721908142032613587..comments2024-01-02T22:08:42.995-08:00Comments on Stuck in Fiji M.U.D: Fiji Media and Ethical Deviations.laminar_flowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933141528437215218noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299457.post-18742436992201942202007-09-12T17:21:00.000-07:002007-09-12T17:21:00.000-07:00Couldn't agree more Avaiki Nius. Cheers!Couldn't agree more Avaiki Nius. Cheers!laminar_flowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933141528437215218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299457.post-43268090902707782422007-09-12T14:04:00.000-07:002007-09-12T14:04:00.000-07:00Once again, media colleagues are left with a he-sa...Once again, media colleagues are left with a he-said versus he-said account of issues inside the industry.<BR/><BR/>What can be said is that William Parkinson appears to have once again resorted to personal denegration to answer criticisms from an academic.<BR/><BR/>Attacking a review from David Robie as professionally and academically "dishonest" according to Pacific correspondent Mike Field, the report goes on to quote the top Fiji media boss as accusing Robie of "self-aggrandisement." <BR/><BR/>No further reference is made to either allegation in the Field report, one of his last for Agence France Presse in December last year.<BR/><BR/>No doubt limited by agency story lengths, the Field piece does adhere to generally accepted practice among journalists of "let-the-reader-decide" quotes from various sources.<BR/><BR/>What can also be said is that we have the benefit of extended commentary on wide ranging and amply sourced concerns, as might properly be raised by an academic in any country - but no similar depth from those put under the media spotlight.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Parkinson et al are just too busy but they really should try shooting the message, not the messenger.Avaiki Niushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914794693184508245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299457.post-59300444777705521182007-07-12T19:09:00.000-07:002007-07-12T19:09:00.000-07:00I agree. This is a link to paper: Coup, Coup land ...I agree. This is a <A HREF="http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:MLEZO2t0clIJ:www.asiapac.org.fj/PJR/issues/next/2001contents.pdf+David+Robie%2BCoup+Coup+land%2BFiji&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a" REL="nofollow">link to paper: Coup, Coup land by David Robie.</A>laminar_flowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933141528437215218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13299457.post-53691345379423918542007-07-09T01:23:00.000-07:002007-07-09T01:23:00.000-07:00It would be useful for this debate to refer to the...It would be useful for this debate to refer to the actual original referenced article that provided the critique of the Fiji media (in Asia Pacific Media Educator):<BR/>Coup coup land: The press and the putsch in Fiji<BR/>http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/sjcw/APME/APME_Issue10/Robie.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com