Kathryn Ryan’s fawning fan-girl interview with Jerome Kaino (Aug. 3, 2015)

3 August 2015 at 10:37 am

Kathryn Ryan’s fawning fan-girl interview with Jerome Kaino:

Yet another opportunity wasted

Radio NZ National, Monday 3 August 2015, 10:10 a.m.

Today’s “feature interview” was a rather dismal showcase of Kathryn Ryan at her worst. Interviews with sports people are rarely very deep or enlightening, but this one was particularly bad, with the nadir being reached as she chuckled indulgently about the way Kaino had described Graham Henry as “a man who communicates with his eyebrows”. Of course she resolutely avoided anything controversial. We have already had a look at Jerome Kaino’s ability to talk bullshit…
http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-16072015/#comment-1045606

I flicked the following email to Kathryn Ryan. Keep listening, fellas—she might read it out!…..

Why did you not ask Jerome Kaino the hard question?

Dear Kathryn,

I am disappointed you chose not to confront Jerome Kaino with the evidence that he and his colleagues in the All Black forward pack cynically cheated throughout that farcical 2011 RWC final.

You could also have asked him what he thought of the performance, or non-performance, of South African Craig Joubert, the referee of that match.

Yours in disappointment,

Morrissey Breen
Northcote Point

More on Jerome Kaino….
http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-22052013/#comment-636506
http://thestandard.org.nz/open-mike-15122011/#comment-417760

RWC Final – 23rd Oct 2011 – Refereeing discussion from The Breakdown