Comments on: Four Corners responds to “Code of Silence” backlash http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/four-corners-respond-to-code-of-silence-backlash/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:40:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Therese Taylor http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/four-corners-respond-to-code-of-silence-backlash/#comment-26964 Therese Taylor Wed, 20 May 2009 07:38:21 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59653#comment-26964 Lovely, now professional journalists have to reveal their sources to appease the hungry heresy and feral element of the community. David Gyngell et al you're a disgrace - you obviously want you're pony back and don't care about the facts of the matter - the ABC has made their facts open to scrutiny. But I speaking about the same outlet that had a scoop on the Pauline Hanson photos and didn't bother to check their facts then... Perhaps the Gyngells of the world could show some leadership and credible journalism for a change and set aside ratings on such an important issue? Nah, stick and pick matey. Lovely, now professional journalists have to reveal their sources to appease the hungry heresy and feral element of the community. David Gyngell et al you’re a disgrace - you obviously want you’re pony back and don’t care about the facts of the matter - the ABC has made their facts open to scrutiny. But I speaking about the same outlet that had a scoop on the Pauline Hanson photos and didn’t bother to check their facts then…

Perhaps the Gyngells of the world could show some leadership and credible journalism for a change and set aside ratings on such an important issue? Nah, stick and pick matey.

]]> By: damnumalone http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/four-corners-respond-to-code-of-silence-backlash/#comment-26902 damnumalone Tue, 19 May 2009 23:21:53 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59653#comment-26902 “I am being harassed in the most awful ways and what is being reported by jornalists (sic) is horrible and untrue. They have got people speaking of me that are not my friends or people I have never met. It feels like I am living in a nightmare. All I wanted to do was to make people aware of the culture and stop it happening to other girls.” It seems that 4 corners forgot to tell her that while they might not be doing a balanced story and that they are only demonstrating women involved in group sex as victims, other journalists may be aware of the greater public interest in balanced reporting and she may come under scrutiny from someone actually interested in getting the real story, rather than delivering a Today Tonight, one sided, shock-awe-to-grab-ratings hatchet job. “I am being harassed in the most awful ways and what is being reported by jornalists (sic) is horrible and untrue. They have got people speaking of me that are not my friends or people I have never met. It feels like I am living in a nightmare. All I wanted to do was to make people aware of the culture and stop it happening to other girls.”

It seems that 4 corners forgot to tell her that while they might not be doing a balanced story and that they are only demonstrating women involved in group sex as victims, other journalists may be aware of the greater public interest in balanced reporting and she may come under scrutiny from someone actually interested in getting the real story, rather than delivering a Today Tonight, one sided, shock-awe-to-grab-ratings hatchet job.

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