MEGA OVERLOAD

Who's over the kim dotcom debacle?

I am sick of hearing about it.
Why the hell do we have to get 10 minutes out of every half hour news programme devoted to it?

 Daily.

Sure, there are a couple of legal and constitutional issues that have been uncovered but these are small and certainly not worth all the attention. They can and should be investigated and remedied out of the public domain.

At root is the fact that journalism in New Zealand, particularly television journalism is at an all time low. It has slipped into tabloid journalism  because (to misquote) Ross Dagan the head of TVNZ News and Current affairs wants to jazz up the offerings. Soon to be gone will be Close Up which, even though it has been bullied into being a kind ofBbreakfast TV/Fair Go/Target hybrid, has still been a reasonable watch which occasionally uncovers an important issue. "Not exciting enough" says this jerk.

"Viewers want"something fresh and quite different in early evening current affairs"

Well, what do you expect when you give our news  management to an Australian?
Have you ever seen Aussi news programmes?

Sport, jingoism, hi-jinks, fashion, people on beaches, sport, sport, drunken hooligans, mining billionaires, sport.

No doubt we'll get more cooking shows, 'reality' documentaries and ' fun' stuff as requested by (some) people surveyed. Did they actually survey the middle-aged and older people who most likely want a serious and quality investigative programme at 7PM? I doubt it.

Anyway, back to dotcom. This guy, to me, seems despicable but I have to admire his 'chutzpah'.
He and his lawyers have cleverly manipulated a disturbingly  pedestrian government and various enforcement agencies along with a greedy and gullible news media into concentrating on process detail while he and his alleged illegal activities are pushed into the background.

He has been able to build up an image of himself of at once being both a jolly victim and a people's rights champion.

Clever yes, worrying even more so.