NITV is M.I.A. on kids’ abuse crisis with Aboriginal news service focusing on PC issues
Social Services Minister Dan Tehan responds to The Australian’s disturbing report on high rates of sexually transmitted infections among indigenous children in the Northern Territory, yesterday:
Any abuse of children is abhorrent … Clearly the system isn’t working and it needs to be fixed.
Indigenous leader Warren Mundine says we can’t ignore this crisis any more, the Herald Sun, yesterday:
There’s a particularly strong response when I say that indigenous kids at risk should be put in safe homes and that their safety must come before anything, including culture and kin … People abuse me with racist slurs like “Uncle Tom” or “coconut” or call me a race traitor.
So what is the national indigenous TV channel reporting on? NITV News website, March 5:
Why do media organisations like News Corp, Reuters and The New York Times still use words like “Aborigines”?
SBS’s indigenous news outlet has plenty of stories like this, yesterday:
West Coast Eagles rookie Liam Ryan set for his big debut AFL year.
And this. NITV News’s website, March 6:
(Activist) Michael Mansell: Indigenous Tasmanians disappointed at another four years under the Liberals
Not a single story on its website about this? Amos Aikman reports for The Australian, Tuesday:
Child protection authorities are overwhelmed by the scale of neglect and under-reported sexual activity involving children in the Northern Territory …
When is NITV News going to tell its online audiences what’s happening in the Top End? NITV’s “About” web page:
NITV informs, educates and entertains its indigenous and non-indigenous audiences about the issues that matter the most to indigenous Australians.
Talking of stories, our Dana McCauley had a great one about a powerful journalist who’s getting a bit cosy with the federal government. The Australian, yesterday:
The Australian Financial Review’s political editor has signed a $15,000 contract for two days’ work with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
The same Laura Tingle who ha s just been named 7.30’s new political correspondent. A statement from the ABC’s John Lyons, February 12:
Laura brings a depth, sharpness and perspective (to the program) …
And how did the press gallery matriarch respond to the story? By publicly mocking a younger female journalist. Tingle on Twitter, yesterday:
Disappointed you (McCauley) didn’t include this quote: “I will let my journalistic reputation speak for itself and let yours do the same. Why don’t you go chase a real story?”
She did you a favour leaving it out Laura. It’s a graceless thing to say to a good young journo.
— Chip Le Grand (@Melbchief) March 6, 2018
The Australian’s Chip Le Grand responds on Twitter, yesterday:
She did you a favour leaving it out Laura. It’s a graceless thing to say to a good young journo.
ABC News’s soon-to-be “face of politics” raking in government cash beforehand isn’t a real story? Come off it, Tingle. The Australian, yesterday:
When asked if it was unusual for a journalist to accept a lucrative contract from a government … Tingle claimed, “people do it all the time”.