Explaining TV3’s situation

So TV3 is experiencing financial woes – a risk for any commercial business.

Employees of such a business must be aware of the possibility of sale, redundancy, restructuring or any other reconfiguration.

Although I have great sympathy for TV3 workers, as I do for any worker in such a situation, there are obvious reasons why TV3 is facing this problem.

First, they are using the corporate model which has proven to be a global failure, with senior management and the chosen few wallowing in excess while living off the backs of the workers.

Second, the amount of TV3 personnel sent to cover various events is well over the top, with 13 TV3 people in Japan. I wonder what necessary function McRoberts and Gower provide.

Third, the opinions, thoughts and ideas of people such as Garner, Richardson, O’Brien etc are presented as if more important than those of the interviewees.

Garner et al consider themselves to be journalists – they are not.

They cannot even justify the title of reporters – because the job of the reporter is to pass on facts and information.

Furthermore, their habit of waiting until the interviewees have left the building, therefore knowing they have the last word, before making immature, spiteful and back-stabbing comments, is cowardly and unacceptable to any thinking person.

Finally, the attitude of the front-of-camera TV3ers is pathetic.

Why should the Government bail out a sinking ship?

TV3 is a commercial enterprise. These people need to grow up and live in the real world.

Chris Clough, Patea