tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post8250821778756537935..comments2024-03-27T22:14:41.569+13:00Comments on .: Robie on NZ and Fiji Media Coverage and AccuracyCrosbie Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541276600232884176noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-49497360211759340472014-06-01T08:09:40.604+12:002014-06-01T08:09:40.604+12:00Geez, my 2 commentators who have just commented ab...Geez, my 2 commentators who have just commented above are delirious given the fact that human rights abuses is happening in FIJI......LEST WE FORGET SAKIUSA RABAKA and THE OTHERS WHO PASSED AWAAY VIA MILITARY Hands. Let us remember OUR activists who faced persecution at the hands of the Military whilst at the same time we must be MINDFUL of the fact that there are a lot of RESTRICTIONs been placed ON citizens. I also beg to differ with Robbie regarding the SDL being corrupted during their term in government. It is a WELL Known Fact that the regime is THE most CORRUPTED GOVT. in THE HISTORY of FIJI. In terms of the Media, FIJI Sun is A propagandist for the Govt. As for the MIDA, it is also Sailing on the same boat as the Fiji Sun being Propagandist. Moreover, the Gay Chairman 4 MIDA and HER Organisation are trying to Clamp down ON media Fraternities that questioned this govt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-72292149335088141922014-05-29T09:19:16.900+12:002014-05-29T09:19:16.900+12:00At last we see some real journalism on this blog. ...At last we see some real journalism on this blog. David Robie has remained impartial. He has remained objective.<br /><br />Mr Walsh, study Mr Robie. You may just learn something. Two wrongs don't make a right. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-90415802801727855042014-05-28T20:59:51.146+12:002014-05-28T20:59:51.146+12:00So the Indian Weekender has joined the Fiji Sun in...So the Indian Weekender has joined the Fiji Sun in attacking Australia and supporting the thug junta? It is funny how so many boat people are trying to use people smugglers to get into Australia if it is a bad place? If you don't like the country - go somewhere else. That is a polite way of saying 'fark off'!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-24211133659392684432014-05-28T19:54:47.901+12:002014-05-28T19:54:47.901+12:00Anonymity is necessary for the conduct of democrat...Anonymity is necessary for the conduct of democratic politics. Not only must we be able to choose with whom we discuss politics, we must also be able to protect ourselves against retaliation for our expressions of political ideas. Autonomy is vitiated by the wholesale invasion of secrecy and privacy. Free decision-making is impossible in a society where every move is monitored, as a moment's consideration of the state of North Korea will show, as would any conversation with those who lived through 20th-century totalitarianisms, or any historical study of the daily realities of American chattel slavery before our civil war.<br /><br />In other words, privacy is a requirement of democratic self-government. The effort to fasten the procedures of pervasive surveillance on human society is the antithesis of liberty. This is the conversation that all the "don't listen to my mobile phone!" misdirection has not been about. If it were up to national governments, the conversation would remain at this phoney level forever.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-14200518192942229682014-05-28T19:30:04.494+12:002014-05-28T19:30:04.494+12:00Yes, how could a respected journalist like Mr Fiel...Yes, how could a respected journalist like Mr Field or anyone else call Fiji a dictatorship and Bainimarama a dictator? This rumour about thugs with guns taking over a legitimately elected government is a fantasy. Everyone who reads the non biased and professional regime rag the Fiji Sun knows the rule of law is not corrupted and human rights abuses are non-existent? Mr Walsh is correct. The Fiji Sun sets the media standard we should all aspire to.....no wonder Fiji is in the mess it is in? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727226025187579533.post-76693305712794464472014-05-28T17:48:10.179+12:002014-05-28T17:48:10.179+12:00Thanks Croz for clarifying things. I fully agree w...Thanks Croz for clarifying things. I fully agree with your assessment of Mr Field. He has constantly shown a massive anti-regime bias when reporting on Fiji. He has portrayed Fiji as a dictatorship and Robbie is essentially doing the same bib calling the media decree draconian. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com