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Catogrande

I thought the issue was not so much what was said but they lied to her about not being on air?

TeWaio

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I thought the issue was not so much what was said but they lied to her about not being on air?
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Come on mate, this is the Fern, don't let the facts ruin us taking the mickey out of a ginger Pommie sportsman.

Billy Tell

Call me old-fashioned, but regardless of what you think of the actual content of her call or her reasons for ringing, if they gave her their word that she would not be on-air, it is poor form to basically lie outright and play it on-air. Ethical journalism and all that. I hate the way journalists feel they are a law unto themselves. Like when Mike Hosking got his knickers in a twist when the media started looking into his kids.

Smudge

Matt Heath and Jeremy Wells are not journalists. They're broadcasters. There's a difference.

Billy Tell

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Matt Heath and Jeremy Wells are not journalists. They're broadcasters. There's a difference. 
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Not for me.
 
A man's word should be his word.

Smudge

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Not for me.
 
A man's word should be his word.
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Agreed. But they're still not journalists.

Catogrande

There are many journalists that are no-one's idea of a journalist either! But broadcasters or journalists they have a duty not to lie and certainly not to lie so blatantly to an interviewee.

Baron Silas Greenback

I think it is a dick move to lie to someone so yo can humiliate them for ratings.
 
But those 'broadcasters' have been assholes for a long time and seem to think they are cool and edgy.

Hooroo

But they are cool and edgy. I'd humiliate her too, the stupid fucking bint

MN5

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But they are cool and edgy. I'd humiliate her too, the stupid fucking bint
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Well put. Her dickish stance has meant that any chance of sympathy is tenuous at best.

aucklandwarlord

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Well put. Her dickish stance has meant that any chance of sympathy is tenuous at best.
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I completely agree with the sentiment that if they told her it wasn't on air then it shouldn't have got to air. But I also don't have heaps of sympathy. 
 
But she must have known she was skating on thin ice when she decided she might call them up and give them a piece of her mind in regards to what they'd said about her poor darling professional sportsman son.

Canerbry

If you don't want to be on the radio, don't ring a radio station.
 
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'>Darryl Tuffey</a>'s mum would never etc...

Catogrande

Two separate threads to this really:-
 
1. Is she a stupid, whining bitch? Yes.
2. Are the broadcasters within their rights to lie about her rant being on air? No.
 
Difficult to see who comes out best here.

gollum

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Two separate threads to this really:-
 
1. Is she a stupid, whining bitch? Yes.
2. Are the broadcasters within their rights to lie about her rant being on air? No.
 
Difficult to see who comes out best here.
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I think she comes out better.
 
Do you expect a mum to rabidly (often foolishly) defend her kid regardless of his age oe what he's done? Hell yes.
Do you expect broadcasters to understand theres a line between a good bit of banter & lying to intentionally humiliate someone in the search for ratings & fame? 
 
Actually probably not. But its not like they suddenly became assholes who had no thought for what they were doing, its always been there... so she was dumb to call them, but its what mums do, and she did stress to them she didn't want to be on air.

aucklandwarlord

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Do you expect a mum to rabidly (often foolishly) defend her kid regardless of his age oe what he's done? Hell yes.
 
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Generally, yes. But I think an exception is made when they're a professional sportsman or people who get paid well because they're in the public eye. Everyone who has ever heard a talkback radio show would know that if a sportsman underperforms, they will be bagged by every man and his dog, because they haven't done well at what they're paid to do. Fair to say my job gets bagged publicly when people do it poorly. 
 
The phone lines would be clogged if family members of every sportsman who got bagged in the media decided to call up and tell the hosts what they thought of them. 
 
It's an occupational hazard for sportsmen and sportswomen. They know what they're getting themselves in for when they sign up for the big pay packets and endorsement deals. Otherwise they'd be throwing the ball around some regional sportsground in the weekend and working full time during the week for much less money. 
 
The only reason I could see it rational for a mother of a sportsman to ring up and defend her son would be if the criticism was well out of line or overly personal. Otherwise, I'd expect they she take it on the chin and realise that her son bowled the worst over at the death since this...

Hooroo

IF you want to complain, I'm assuming ringing 0800 Hauraki (Sudio ON Air Line) isn't the number you should be calling!

Baron Silas Greenback

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IF you want to complain, I'm assuming ringing 0800 Hauraki (Sudio ON Air Line) isn't the number you should be calling!
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Read about it properly. She didnt ring that number, she rang another one and was told she could talk to the guys off air and confidentially. She was lied to.
It is patently obvious you dont have kids, because frankly if some fuckwits are talking trash about your kids on air, you might be inclined to complain, is it a good idea? No. But to call her a bint is fucking ridiculous.
 
And I cannot decide if you are being serious about them being cool and edgy. I am concerned you might be.

Hooroo

I haven't seen where they called an alternate number?
 
She is a bint for ringing to complain about that. Hilarious. He is a grown man.

SammyC

Bloody hillarious, some people need to lighten up :)

MN5

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Read about it properly. She didnt ring that number, she rang another one and was told she could talk to the guys off air and confidentially. She was lied to.
It is patently obvious you dont have kids, because frankly if some fuckwits are talking trash about your kids on air, you might be inclined to complain, is it a good idea? No. But to call her a bint is fucking ridiculous.
 
And I cannot decide if you are being serious about them being cool and edgy. I am concerned you might be.
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As a father I get the sentiment.......but I wouldn't be dumb enough to potentially put myself at the mercy of people ripping the shit out of what I say.
 
I get enough of that on the fern and facebook.

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