TVNZ7 is no more. New Zealand is worse off for it.
Killing off public broadcasting will be one of the legacies of this National Government.
TVNZ7 is no more. New Zealand is worse off for it.
Killing off public broadcasting will be one of the legacies of this National Government.
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Craig Foss is being interviewed next Sunday on Mediawatch(National Radio 9am). Could be interesting?
We must not forget this outrage by Key and Co! AND Of course the earlier substitution of Freeview Channel 6 ( quality NZ programs and overseas news) for the truely mindless junk – much of it seemingly cheap candy for the immature (sorry dudes!)).
On grounds of best serving the nation the Nats recent record is tragic. Their attempts to dumb us down are contemptable. Clearly they know they cannot stand fair scrutiny and have resorted to shooting the messenger. SHAME
My view of the National Government always brings to mind the plea of Henry the second, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest”
I committed my support and vote to Labour long ago when National started beating up on the poor and defenceless. (night classes, asset sales and now public broadcasting)Yes Clare Curran, don your warriors garb (aka The Highlanders jersey) raise your sword and smite these pricks in the National Party a might blow. Bring back public broadcasting in 2014. Recent events surely show overwhelming support for TVNZ7.
Will be forgotten in 6 weeks time as the new TVNZ programme takes over.
@ Fortran… What will numb our brain in just 6 weeks? Repeats of the grossly obese pretending to try and get thin, the increasingkly bizarre blood and gore cop shows, contrived reality cookups? It must be Coro St then?
We must make this a major issue come the election… a clearly deliberate attempt to dumb down the population is reprehensible, and we must relentlessly stick it to them. Good that Labour has already announced policy to reintroduce a new public service channel, and others are active.
Let us really bite them for their truely cynical behavior
So how did that public campaign work out for you, Clare?
Fact: The “Keep TVNZ 7″ campaign was an absolute waste of time and money. Silly.
Will Labour pledge to bring back TV7?
I have not seen such a promise.
can you give it
So, take this back a step – labour introduced this channel and gave it how long?? 3yrs? 4 yrs? 5years??
@Pat – “Will Labour pledge to bring back TV7?”
No. No they won’t. Any more than pledging to buy back minority holdings in assets that are sold.
@Dave
Interesting spin you put on things. Labour has already pledged to restore public broadcasting. We committed before the 2011 election and we’ll do it again in 2014.
It can if it wants to, there are no economic constraints in doing so… I think they need to go beyond and restore TVNZ so it resembles a public broadcaster, especially in terms of journalistic standards. So what is it, $15 million that is being withdrawn from the economy? I thought National was business friendly?
Why not sell TVNZ and use some of the proceeds to set up a comprehensive multi-media public broadcast system?
So do UFo not have their own blogsite?
Yes it does, but doesn’t usually have much comment on it from what I’ve seen.
But there are sometimes some interesting posts, like this one today: The nature of public discourse.
http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz/the-nature-of-public-discourse/
Why sell anything when the government has no use for NZ dollars?
Nice one, UF:
So who was the author, Pete G?
“Yes it does, but doesn’t usually have much comment on it from what I’ve seen.”
No wonder you’re always on here then.
Must be very lonely being a ufo collaborator.
Far from lonely. Being a UFO is only a part of what I do, I started from outside the party and still work a lot outside the party.
Just as I see benefits in more and better cross-party cooperation, I find benefits in cross-blog discussion, so I work in various forums. I think it’s better than enclosing oneself in a bubble.
@Clare “Interesting spin you put on things.” No spin proffered or intended. I just feel that if you are vehemently against something happening you would promise to change it back. If you fail in this committment then its just noise. Personally I think there are better ways the MP for Dunedin South could serve her poor community than this particular obsession.
@ Dave I am the spokesperson for broadcasting. I have a responsibility to speak out on these issues and to craft and reflect Labour policy. Fair enough you don’t think it’s important, but I do and so do hundreds of thousands of New Zealoanders. All Labour MPs have portfolios as well as local electorate work. It’s not an either or. You are always welcome to come and see me if you have an issue to discuss. Or even to offer your services as a volunteer to help with some of the work IO do.
Or even to offer your services as a volunteer to help with some of the work IO do.
I’d like to offer my services to help with anything on investigating and establishing a public service television/multimedia service.
I do suggest less emphasis on political and more emphasis on public, by making it a joint public/politician/party approach.
I think this should be widened to look at better ways of communicating between politicians and the public in general, with the aim of a more open form of government which I know is something else you are interested in Clare. PSB is an important component of this.
@Clare, I don’t think its important, in fact I think its about as minimally important as it gets. Especially when people in your own electorate need more help from their MP than an extra TV channel. So I’m to take it that its a big “NO” to promising to bring it back then? Thanks.
@ Dave,
Are you sure you have a balanced understanding of the issues?
Helping the disadvantaged is everyone`s responsibility, particularly of course MP`s of all colours.
The Tv Channel you discount was an invaluble aid for everyone who wants to be informed so they can effectively question government.That definitely includes the struggling of New Zealand. They may not watch the channel but it can alert many responsible citizens who can better argue for a fairer NZ.
I would suggest to you that that is at least partly why the gov`t wanted rid of it.
Did you ever watch TVNZ7?
Knowlege and discussion such as “7″ broadcast was of huge value for the wellbeing of all of us.
Dave you are being simplistic to suggest it is a channel such as “7″, OR the poor of Dunedin.
Perhaps you should ask John Key why he promised tax cuts for all but really only delivered significantly for the wealthy. The money he gave his friends could have solved much of Dunedins poverty and probably removed the Stadium debt as well! Whatever was he thinking?
Sorry, I do not wish to trivialise your concern, but quality public education and information(eg TVNZ7) should never be a political pawn
@Dave – I was wondering where you’d been. I hope you weren’t off sick for an operation or something? Did you get clobbered by the “union thugs” you keep talking about or did you just come off a ban?
Guess when Clare says:
… you either missed it completely (I’m told vision loss is a known side-effect of the frontal lobotomy) or have decided that it means something other than restoring a television public broadcaster.
@Paul B, yes I’ve watched some of TVNZ7′s programming and some of it was good, equally some of it was mind-numbingly unnwatchable. If this is really the holy grail of public programming then I despair for it. Your peripatetic reply fails to settle on one major issue. You assume that the “poor” watch this channel as their sole conduit of information about (against?) the current Government. You also asume that the majority want to be “informed” through the auspices of TVNZ7. Is there any evidence to support this claim?. From what I’ve heard and seen, the biggest and noisiest objections have come from well-educated middle class professionals. Hardly the poor. As far as Dunedin goes yes I beleive that MP’s should concentrate soley on making their day to day lives better. Watching television does not enter into the top 30 in my ‘hierarchy of needs’ list for the poor. “Quality Public Education” does not come from sitting on your backside watching television which includes MP’s chatting inanely in a Pub.
I see the usual “wealthy’ distraction is brought out in your reply. According to Labour, Teachers, Lecturers, Police and Nurses are all ‘wealthy’. Perhaps you want to ask them whether they feel they are, and immediately tax them out of existence to assuage your envy?
@ Dave … Please read my comment again
“@ Dave,
Are you sure you have a balanced understanding of the issues?”
Dave, I think it was clearly rhetorical
Absolutely balanced. Some throwaway lines that Paul B has offered:
“Knowlege and discussion such as “7″ broadcast was of huge value for the wellbeing of all of us.” 1. “all of us”, really? that is a rather unsubstantiated claim, 2. “wellbeing” how does watching the television provide huge value for ‘wellbeing’? Answer: it does not, it is a distraction nothing more.
“Helping the disadvantaged is everyone`s responsibility, particularly of course MP`s of all colours.” True, however I fail to see the connection between the “disadvantaged” and watching TV, especially some of the dross provided on TVNZ7. So do explain how a “disadvantaged” persons life has been turned around and enhanced through the medium of TVNZ7. I’m sure I’ll find the explanation fascinating. after all it is for “all of us”.