Sunday 3 June 2012
Saturday 2 June 2012
Editor has a lend of his readers
Northern Star editor David Kirkpatrick is prone to s-t-r-e-t-c-h things a bit, but today's piece is going way too far.
Under the heading 'Striving for balance and accuracy' Fitzpatrick wrote: "If I had a dollar for every time this newspaper was accused of bias I'd be a millionaire by now."One million times! That's 1,000,000.
Kirkpatrick went on with the male bovine excrement when he added, "... we journalists live by a code of ethics. We have ours printed large on a poster in our tea room. I'd also be a millionaire for the number of times a journo has come to me for advice and I have referred them to that poster for the answer."
Seriously, how does the bloke get anything done at all!? If he's not reading and/or hearing comments about bias he has journos queueing up to seek his valuable advice.
Kirkpatrick has, according to his own count of things, known of or been involved with two million (yes, that's 2,000,000) events associated with either perceptions of bias or providing advice to other journos.
The best part in Kirkpatrick's piece was at the end where he wrote: "It's all about telling a story in the most interesting way we can find. Like song writers and their fans, I'll leave our readers to draw their own conclusions about our stories." Oh, how true!!!
Here's a bit of advice for Kirkpatrick - take your hand off it.
Read the AJA's Code of Ethics here.
After reading the code of ethics, take the next step and read 'How to be a journalist in one easy lesson'.
NSW national park rangers will refuse to co-operate with Premier O'Farrell and his elephant killing political ally
National Park rangers reject recreational hunting in parks
01 June 2012
The NSW Public Service Association, which represents park rangers, has directed its members not to assist with any activity involved with establishing recreational hunting in national parks in NSW
Members will also be asked to withhold information and their expert advice from Minister for the Environment Robyn Parker and other members of the NSW Coalition Government.
General Secretary John Cahill said the good work and safety of NSW National Parks staff would be placed at risk by the State Government's backroom deal for hunting in parks
"Recreational shooting of pest animals in National Parks is an unproven, untested, expensive and unsafe activity, Mr Cahill said today.
"Opening the gate for recreational hunting in 79 national parks and other conservation areas in NSW poses a serious risk to the safety of park rangers, visitors, wildlife and the environment.
"Our park rangers should not have to work in fear for their own safety. Our members have expressed serious concerns about the danger to themselves and the community when shooting is allowed in bushland popular with walkers and picnickers.
"Our member have been working very hard to control and manage feral animals in parks.
Recreational shooting will compromise the professional and scientifically proven feral animal control programs run by national parks staff, placing native plants and animals at risk.
"This move is another shot across the bow of our national parks, with the Shooters and other vested interest groups clamouring for greater access at the expense of the environment and the people who look after them.
"Industrial action like this is not a decision we take lightly but we simply cannot let the State Government's compromise of our National Parks to go ahead," Mr Cahill said.
Members' Industrial Bulletin at PSA Bulletin for OEH Members - Recreational Hunting Bans
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