I have just sent this off to Radio NZ right now
Dear Radio NZ
Firstly, what a great interview by Guyon Espiner this morning with the Prime Minister. Great to see such hard hitting journalism.
Unfortunately I am not contacting you to congratulate you, I’m contacting you to complain and demand you make a retraction regarding an allegation made by your host Susie Ferguson regarding myself this morning.
At 6minutes 40 seconds into her interview with Laila Harre, Susie states as fact that I had an advance copy of Nicky Hager’s book and that I work for Internet MANA. Neither of those things are true.
I have explained how I came to guess what Nicky was to write about, but I did not see a copy of the book as stated as fact by your host until everyone else had.
This lie that Suzie has made in the current climate of bloggers and politics simply adds fuel to National’s nonsense claim that all Hager reveals is politics as usual and the Left do it too.
We will start seeing Steven Joyce using this lie as evidence. The exact type of tactics that Dirty Politics highlights.
I demand you make a retraction immediately and that this is made on tomorrow’s Morning Report.
I request you respond to me by 5pm today so I can consider my position.
Regards
Martyn Bradbury
Editor of The Daily Blog
UPDATE: I have been contacted by the Producer of Morning Report who informs me that Tony Vale, RNZ News Editor will be in touch with me today regarding my complaint.
Yes Martyn.
You are quite right!
Well done Martyn.
Quite right to ask for a redaction but is the aggressive tone really so necessary.
After the way Radio NZ has treated Bomber? f**king oath. They deserve total contempt for their gutless sycophancy these last few years.
In light of your comment, I propose that any and all defamation/ libel letters heretofore include rainbows and unicorns around the border.
It’s like the anti-Semitic billboards that were attributed to National Party Billboard Makeovers, which were in fact circulated by Whalespew.
NBBM never published those splashed over the news.
Either sloppy journalism or the big bad blogger himself is feeding the MSM journos their material.
Brooke Sabin admitted the error, but yet to receive an apology.
What !!!
I have actually laid a complaint about that . I’ve been following that page since it started , it has a GREAT engagement with young apolitical types ( and is constantly pushing them to enrol ) and i’ve watched them being very careful . At NO stage did they publish billboards with “Jew” written on them and yet, to my amazement Brook Sabin ( son of National MP ) ran a story saying that they had .
I’m doing this because I figure they ( you ^^?) won’t lay a complaint.
I have to say, the video showing young people having a bonfire was blown out of all proportion as well – but as I watched I saw 8,000 young people getting a perfect lesson in how msm lies and manipulates. As they say on their page, TV ONE, PRIME and Stuff all claimed that they had ‘claimed responsibility for the bonfire’ . When I went to lay a formal complaint about that , every single one of those articles had been edited ( i.e evidence destroyed )
You’re lucky ( Martyn ) , you’re well known – I’m laying a complaint about stories about a FB page run by , who knows ?
I don’t fancy my chances – anyway , it’s been 5 days since I complained – they are legally bound to get back to me within FOUR weeks , by which time the election will be over . Good luck .
I thought MediaWorks were better than this. At least John Campbell hasn’t been nobbled yet. But think on this Bomber; if they’re fighting you, soon we will win! cd.EverHopeful
It’s not MediaWorks – it’s our state radio broadcaster.
You might have a complaint to the BSA but that’s all. Unless you think the allegation you work for IMP is defamatory?
Response will be “So…. actually.. in the real world and at the end of the day er… left wing conspiracy…er so what you need to consider…I know nothing… I didn’t hear any interview, I didn’t read the police report er Mr Banks is an honest man. So as I haven’t read the book we all know that there are lots of dots that don’t join up. The last thing we need right now is Judith Collins as leader er…” “Is that ok Cameron?”
good on you – Susie Ferguson has a lovely accent but still a tad naive in her questioning and swallowing the BS from their far right wind sources – unprofessional, unethical, very poor – bring back Geoff Robinson – he must be having kittens !
These revelations are doing wonders for david cunliffe. Without the media smearing him constantly (the backlash from slater and co is directly aimed at kimdotcom) it gives him so much additional time to focus on the campaign trail, so he isnt wasting obscene amounts of time and energy fronting up for media on the defensive. Brilliant. Its also gotta look great for the guy to be himself a bit more (as opposed to the ‘tricky’ media-manufactured cunliffe that couldnt distance himself from being backed into a corner) as the only association labour has to the narrative is as innocent victim and the very prime ministerial position of confident objector, from a moral highground. Keep it steady on the home stretch and we may have this in the bag!
Good one Martyn. Went from thudding heart in chest with Guyon and the Prime Minister to fury at Fergussons run at Harre.
Go for the throat Bomber! Go for the throat. radio NZ suck these days so effing right wing.
I was hating Guyon’s style up until this morning but it was a treat to hear him chewing away at John Key and the “you’re not going to get away with that” line almost made me spill my tea with excitement. at fucking last! The telfon is finally flaking off.
Excellent Martyn! Will be interested to know the response. She didn’t even *ask* about the truth of it – just stated it as fact. Who wrote her script??
Good on you! National (Party) Radio – you are NOT being balanced by by reporting some wrong doings by the right, then blowing up something trivial – or reporting some lie (how about checking your sources, hmm) about the left. If I did my job to the standard the Lamestream Media jornalists do theirs I’d be bloody stacked!
I remember when Sue Bradford was debating on the national program last year and was saying john key was following orders from his New York banker masters when the show went straight to the ads half way through the sentence. the debate was then curtailed and they went to an unrelated item. A bit off topic but could anyone elaborate?
Hunter: Do you mean this info here?
http://billmoyers.com/2014/02/20/obama-admin%E2%80%99s-tpp-trade-officials-received-hefty-bonuses-from-big-banks/
FJK is one of these ilk – the very dodgy TPPA – such a big secret to everyone but those in the right circles.
Why the secret? It is so very dodgy – otherwise it wouldn’t be such a giant secret, and so much money changing hands, and the UN, where our former leader sits too.
World bank, world leaders, UN, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, Monsanto GE – all into mass corruption – it makes their money world go round!
Opinion.
Martyn, did you hear back from RNZ? I’m guessing ‘no’, but happy to be surprised.
It’s going to be a case of the ‘Hare and the tortoise’ this election.
I’m having to go to work but as of 7.45am there has been no apology, correction or anything – and Ms Fergusson was being ‘bad cop’ to David Cunliffe again (or rather ‘bad journalist’!).
Talking of lying media, I have just sent off a formal complaint to the Herald over their false reporting of my speech given to the Epsom village candidate’s debate.
Formal complaint to the Herald:
Read Farrar’s post today, Marty? Will we be seeing anything similar from TDB?
thanks for the reply mystery. Yep am up to speed on that, was just astounded by the powers that be instantly pulling the plug.
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