Letter: Some reporting advice for TVNZ
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OPINION: There's an easy way for TVNZ to cut $5 million from its news budget (March 18), and that's for it to concentrate on reporting the news, instead of crossing live to the scene to interview someone who just happened to be walking past at the time, or someone still traumatised because they were materially affected.
TVNZ has become too emotive in its reporting and seems to think that I want to hear from a second cousin of the victim about how they are feeling.
I'm interested in the facts of the news, not the emotion. When a tragedy of any kind occurs, I'm pretty sure that the victims affected would feel the same way I would - bad.
KRISTAN MILDREN
Island Bay
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I totally agree. The news should be just that - news - something that is important that we should know about. To find out what a cricketer and model are up - there are magazines for that. Michael Jackson had a name for the vicarious among us - tabloid junkie.
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No, its very important that we all get to see images of swathes of reporters following a guy down the street, asking repetitive and inane questions, whilst the guy keeps saying that he has nothing further to say on the matter.
I mean, it's really interesting.