Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Matthew Poole,
A big problem with modern media coverage is that it never stops. Things "take forever" because we expect to know instantly when something happens.
Ah yes... and don't you love the adorable "put down the P pipe, Gramps" looks you get from the younglings when you regale them with tales of the pre-interwebz world when gratification was anything but instant (if you got it at all)?
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to st ephen,
Quite -- sorry about the venting backwash there, Stephen. I know a good dry cleaner who is a demon for biohazardous stain removal. :)
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First: I've got to check myself before I wreck myself. Goff was actually pretty solid on Nine to Noon -- given plenty of chances to score political points, and avoided them all. Due credit happily given.
Having seen it, my guess is that the family contacted Campbell because they needed an outlet for their questions, due to dissatisfaction with current crisis management / family communications.
@3410: And the actual news content could have been perfectly conveyed without reducing a mother to (perfectly understandable) hysterics on air. Or giving an estranged husband a chance to trash his ex-wife in a truly revolting way.
I'm sorry, but I just get tired of the media not owning their own shit -- or is "editorial judgement" one of these notional post-modern constructs we hear so much about?
It isn't that some people want a Hollywood response, they just want a more human response.
You know something, Stephen, I think people like Knowles are fucking human. If you want to put that label on anyone, I'd direct it at the media concern trolls who aren't actually responsible for anyone's lives here.
And, of course, if Knowles had been "human" and sent in a rescue party that had been killed in a second explosion they'd be the very same people screaming for him to be strung from from the nearest lamp post.
ETA: QFT, Roger. I remember when Campbell Live was launched, and we were promised the anti-Holmes. Substantive prime time current affairs for grown-up put together by actual journalists. Mission definitely not accomplished, guys. And what drives me aboslutely nuts is that there's a lot of talented people at Three -- not least John Campbell himself. So WTF is going on?
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Up Front: The Up Front Guides: How to Be…, in reply to Emma Hart,
Thanks for that. I've never, ever fudged a stat (or, more precisely, not been arsed to fact check properly hard on a deadline) -- what kind of degenerate Muppet would do that. :)
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Oh dear -- and it looks like National Radio is going to be pushing the "frustrated families" line hard this morning, with a side of Phil Goff "raising questions" about mine safety.
ETA: Anyone know where I can get a cheap bedside radio-alarm clock? Seriously -- just thrown mine at the bedroom wall and it's not working any more.
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OTOH, the Campbell interview with the family group who wanted a team to go in was fair enough -- right or wrong, they expressed a coherent view; they had a right to be heard.
Fair enough, as far as it goes. But, FFS, I still think reducing stressed and terrified people to tears on camera is crossing all kinds of lines. There's just a nasty and distasteful element of disaster pornography in play that the media need to own -- and never will. Of course, YMMV.
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Paul Williams,
Michael: What Paul said. All the people on the ground are human beings in a situation I wouldn't wish on a dog -- and dealing with a hell of a lot more grace and dignity that I would be able to muster. The media, however, seem to be determined to stage their own version of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and there's nowhere near enough good.
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to 3410,
Why? Serious question -- because I'd rather pour battery acid in my eyes that watch Three at the moment.
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Russell Brown,
It just shouldn't have been on TV.
Indeed not -- the gentleman concerned obviously has a lot of issues with his former wife/partner, but they should have been left in the Family Court or a counsellor's office where they belong. Keep it classy, Three.
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Paul Williams,
Matthew, that seems unduly harsh. People are concerned, frustrated and worried.
Well, yes. And as I've had occasion to snap at Brian Edwards, our frustration is soooo far from being pertinent it would be funny if the stakes weren't so high. Believe it or not, gratifying the media's voracious appetite for disaster porn is not the prime concern here.
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