LIARS OF OUR TIME No. 27 Lyse Doucet: “I am there for those without a voice.” Radio NZ National Mediawatch, Sunday 25 August 2013
I don’t know which was more depressing: hearing Lyse Doucet pretend to be a respectful and serious journalist, or the supremely ignorant comment by Colin Peacock at the end of this cozy little interview.
Lyse Doucet has recently been appointed as the Chief International Correspondent for BBC World News. She made a flying visit to New Zealand and was interviewed by her old friend and colleague Colin Peacock….
LYSE DOUCET: We really do want Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security side by side. …. The great moral leaders of our age say that if you don’t take a side, you are siding with the oppressor. I have always found that there are stories on both sides of a conflict. … I do take a side—on the side of people. I do speak out when I see injury, suffering, abuse and impunity. I do take a side. I am there for those without a voice.
COLIN PEACOCK: How do you deal with criticism of your journalism?
LYSE DOUCET: I welcome criticism—as long as it’s not done to score a point or because someone has an agenda. … When I get negative Twitter messages, unless I think there is an agenda and I have no control over that, I respond with kindness. Some people are on a certain campaign… I always say journalism is story-telling. I listen to our competitors. I listen to Al Jazeera, and Russia Today.
COLIN PEACOCK:[snorting] But some of those are backed by the state, aren’t they, in a way that is different to the BBC obviously….
Thanks for the heads-up, my friend. Lanthanide is an old buddy of mine, in the cyber sense of the word of course. When one sees one’s oeuvre described as “strident raving”, even if it is by a buddy, it’s not nice, of course, but I’ve been served up much worse on this forum.
Lanthanide remains a good friend, even if we disagree occasionally. For instance, I would not support the siting of a nuclear power station in Christchurch.
On Q&A Anger management problem boy Hipkins trying to avoid a contest. Like all ABCs he beleives that matters should be sorted behind closed doors. His is a caucus centric view of the party that has to be removed.
How refreshing to see Russell Norman refusing to comment on the Labour leadership, saying “That’s Labour’s business”.
Very refreshing against all the rest, each attempting to demonstrate their omnipresence. Prebble for example. Why the hell would anyone take seriously that mad dog of a scab, about anything ?
People who have been financial members of the Labour Party sometime between January 1 2011 and August 22 2013 but have not yet paid their membership for 2013 can renew their membership and vote, so long as they do so before 12.00am on Friday 6 September.
Amusing how the feed from Brian Edwards’ latest post ‘On the extremely rare danger of overestimating Labour Party stupidity!’ starts off with: Normal 0 false false false. LOL!
No. 27 Lyse Doucet: “I am there for those without a voice.”
Radio NZ National Mediawatch, Sunday 25 August 2013
http://medialens.org/23_fg_75_lc/viewtopic.php?t=3096&sid=eaccb0620a0d5537261aa7f5d8aaa3be
Anger management problem boy Hipkins trying to avoid a contest.
Like all ABCs he beleives that matters should be sorted behind closed doors.
His is a caucus centric view of the party that has to be removed.
sometime between January 1 2011 and August 22 2013
but have not yet paid their membership for 2013
can renew their membership and vote,
so long as they do so before 12.00am on Friday 6 September.