Shayne Currie and the mystery of the ever-changing statement

Written by Ben Ross - Talking Auckland

For those in Facebook who have gone
FOCUS ON ISSUES THAT MATTER

Sorry but you might not be understanding the role of the 4th Estate which is the Media holding the State to account.

What we have here is an Editor breaching ethics, ethics so needed when running stories especially sensitive stories and anonymous sources.

If such ethics are thrown out the window as might be apparent then the 4th Estate is no longer doing its job. And by that they are not holding to account the Government and State on issues like

Taxes
Expenditure
Deployment to Iraq
Natural Disaster Response
Conduct of Government, Opposition, and MPs otherwise known as part of The Parliament
Policy that affects us all one way or the other
The Police (who have been in the firing line as of late)

So yes this is now an issue that matters as the 4th Estate is brought into disrepute when it meant to be an arm of our Democratic Institute. That is right the Media are part of our Democratic Institute as much as The Executive, The Legislature/Parliament, The Judiciary, and The State.

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In my previous post, I quoted the statement posted online by Shayne Currie, NZ Herald editor, in response to questions as to Rachel Glucina’s ethics. It’s a statement that was initially posted, disappeared, and was then re-posted.

What I hadn’t realised is that some quite fundamental changes were made to the statement between being posted and then being re-posted. They’ve been mapped by Peter Aranyi, author of the excellent On The Paepae blog, via Twitter:

Shayne Currie statement

The most pertinent change would seem to be the removal of the words “No objections were raised” from the second-to-last paragraph. Did Mr Currie, on second thoughts, realise that such a statement was indefensible?

Then note, in paragraph three, the inclusion of the phrase, “Regardless of any confusion over the initial approach, all three agreed they wanted to make a public statement.” As I’ve previously written, the  confusion seems to have been manufactured by Glucina…

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2 thoughts on “Shayne Currie and the mystery of the ever-changing statement”

  1. What twisted webs some media weave
    But who is all this to deceive?
    For those who watch the watchers too
    Are prompt to see just what they do..

    No Left or Right about this one is there?
    It’s all just more than a bit creepy, tacky and quite wrong..
    If a headmaster or any other ‘profession’ involved in all this
    I wonder if a few more ‘blues’ should be doing more than just holding their noses..
    Thankfully Jackie Blue and even Judith more forthright than Louise Upston and others on this

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