Re: Channel 9 Exclusive Access Rights to Glenbrook Rail Tragedy Site???

["Kym Columbine" <KymColumbine@bigpond.com>]

Hear Hear.  Well said Michael

Michael wrote in message <8E9185A24telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net>...
>So you prefer 'Nine' to have priority over workers? We are talking about
>clearing the mess after a distaster, to get things back to normal, and as
>far as I'm concerned, stuff the media. If they want to broadcast from the
>scene, let them do it at the bottom of the hill out of harms way.
>
>You also need to take time to consider the fact that there were fatalities,
>and to have a television station try to capitalise over such an issue is
>nothing short of morbid, in fact, disgusting.
>
>Regards
>Michael
>
>PADDY said on 03-Dec-1999 in <827754$d96$1@news1.mpx.com.au>:
>
>>It is not the time to bag nine now.
>
>>> He commented that no other media had been allowed near the site, and
>>> the even crane drivers - who had arrived about 8.15am - were asked
>>> whether they had had breakfast, anyting to eat, anything to drink,
>>> etc, i.e.whether there was anything they could do for a little while,
>>> the strong inference being that even repair crews were not allowed on
>>> site while the broadcast was in progress. The crane drivers were
>>> admiited to the site about 9.05, 5 minutes after the scheduled time
>>> for the Today program to end.
>>>
>>> Personnel were kept away from the site by State Rail security.
>>>
>>> If the implications of this are true. State Rail have a lot to answer
>>> for - why was one particular media outlet given apparently exclusive
>>> rights to an incident of certainly regional importance, if not
>>> national interest???
>>
>
>--
>Michael Kurkowski
>Ph: 0416-044-124
>Web: http://www.netstra.com.au/~mk
>
>Change is inevitable, except from a payphone.