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Hard News with Simon Dallow

  • Graeme Edgeler,

    With One News falling in the ratings, I wonder whether they've decided to listen to Simon Dallow ... with the two big stories of the last week and a bit - Don Brash' resignation, and the Fiji 'crisis', Dallow has been dispatched to the scene to lead the coverage.

    And once he got there, the coverage was comprehensive. And good (the Fiji coverage last night finally looked beyond the coup=bad sensibilities, for example). Hard News has always been a preference of Dallow's; One News haven't listened to his concerns and thought 'hey, maybe we'll let this guy be a journalist', have they?

    Am I just being a little too optimistic? Or is this a sign of good things to come for NZ news journalism?

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 3215 posts Report

6 Responses

  • Span .,

    I thought having Dallow present the news from Fiji was pretty gimmicky, but to be honest I only flicked across it.

    Auckland, NZ • Since Nov 2006 • 112 posts Report

  • Hamish,

    Barbara Dreaver looked a bit miffed at being sidelined after her work covering the first days of the coup. I don't agree that he added much substance though.

    The A.K. • Since Nov 2006 • 155 posts Report

  • simon g,

    Lead story on both 6 p.m. news bulletins tonight: the murders in Suffolk, England.

    Why?

    I turned off in disgust, so please put me straight if there was a NZ angle or some wider global significance.

    Meantime, better check the locks and bolt down those windows. There's a killer on the loose, and he's only 20,000 km away. I blame the government.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1333 posts Report

  • Robyn Gallagher,

    I turned off in disgust, so please put me straight if there was a NZ angle or some wider global significance.

    A vile serial killer is murdering prostitutes. How often does that happen outside fiction?

    British people aren't some alien race with attributes far removed from New Zealanders. If it could happen there, it could happen here, so we want to know about it to help us understand why we can be so awful.

    Since Nov 2006 • 1946 posts Report

  • Lambert,

    I'm with you on that one Simon - nasty characters are doing all sorts horrible things to people around the world everyday but "serial killer" has such a cinematic ring to it.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 27 posts Report

  • Iain Rea,

    Anyway, back to Mr Dallow; he's a valuable brand for TVNZ - not that they could be seen to paying too much for it of course.

    Auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 1 posts Report

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