The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 24th July 2017

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  1. Well well – !!!!! SOMEONE SHOULD BE LOUDLY HEADLINING THIS INCIDENT – NATIONAL AGAIN LIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE A TRIED TO FRAME THE REPORTER.

    THIS LYING GOVERNMENT GOT FOUND OUT AGAIN BUT SADLY NO MEDIA EVEN COVERED THIS !!!!!!!

    MAYBE MARTYN MIGHT?????????

    http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=201851765

    Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media – television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the ‘new’ electronic media.
    Sundays at 9:05am and 10:12pm

    Shooting the messenger hunting an MP gone MIA

    Media Politics

    9:10 am today

    A recording allegedly made in secret was the downfall of scandal-struck MP Todd Barclay, who has vanished from public view. Now another recording has rescued the reputation of a reporter accused of… Read
    No-one home: a staffer at MP Todd Barclay’s Gore office greets Fairfax reporter Rachael Kelly.

    They weren’t the only ones leafleting on the issue. On Monday,

    The Southland Times said police had been called after someone stuck notices calling for the MP’s resignation to the windows of Todd Barclay’s electorate office in Gore.

    That wasn’t the only time police were asked to act on people rocking up there.

    Fairfax Media’s reporter in Gore Rachael Kelly called by with a colleague last week to find out what Todd Barclay had been up to since disappearing from public life – but she had no luck.

    Last weekend, Fairfax Media’s political editor Tracy Watkins reported this:

    “Kelly and a local cameraman have been accused of intimidating and threatening behaviour, even of being physically aggressive. And the allegations were made at the highest levels, from the Prime Minister’s office and Parliamentary Service.”

    That sounded bad. Something must have gone very wrong.
    “It was alleged Kelly and her cameraman “barged” into Barclay’s office and harassed and intimidated staff – even pursuing them to the back of the office, leaving the staff feeling threatened and under siege,” wrote Tracy Watkins, who also said the police had been alerted.

    Tracy Watkins said Fairfax Media’s South Island editor-in-chief Joanna Norris had phone conversations with a senior member of the PM’s staff – who was not named – and the head of Parliamentary Service David Stevenson.

    But Rachael Kelly’s colleague was recording the encounter in question for a video reportto accompany her “Looking for Todd Barclay” story for the stuff.co.nz website.

    It showed the pair at the office only briefly and after being told the MP wasn’t there, they politely departed. No aggro, and no barging or forced entry as alleged by the PM’s office.

    After the video appeared online, the Parliamentary Service and Police decided no further action was necessary.

    “If it had not been for Stuff’s ability to produce video evidence, the allegations would probably have stuck,” said Tracey Watkins, who reckoned the response could be part of a Trump-type strategy to undermine the press.

    Rachel Kelly was filming her routine door-knocking because it was part of the story about looking for Todd Barclay. It was quite likely to be the only footage she would get in Gore that day with anyone who knew his whereabouts. On any other occasion, there would be no reason to have the camera running.

    If journalists are going to face unfair claims of bad behaviour, they’ll be tempted to record all their dealings with political figures and their staff just in case. That won’t make it easy to form relationships that journalists really need to gather real news.

    And it’s deeply ironic that this matter was settled by a recording of an encounter with Todd Barclay’s staff coming to light. That’s something that hasn’t happened yet in the matter of the secret recording Todd Barclay’s alleged to have made on the premises last year which ended up causing his downfall.

  2. Who is John Mill Ackerman?…Keiser reports from Mexico

    https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/395960-mexico-city-banking-unions/

    “The Keiser Report once again comes from Mexico City, where Max and Stacy discuss credit binges and banking unions. Max also interviews professor and journalist John Mill Ackerman about NAFTA, Trump’s wall, the pitiful minimum wage in Mexico and the high cost of an avocado”.

    https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/396185-episode-max-keiser-1096/

    “From Mexico City, Max and Stacy discuss a government bond market grinding to a halt and a lifetime of financial crises. Max continues his interview with professor and journalist John Mill Ackerman about neoliberalism and the future for Mexico’s economy.”

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