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

[Michael <mk@netstra.com.au>]

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???
>

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