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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts)
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 04:03 AM Mar 2019

Sky New Zealand pulls Sky News Australia off air over Christchurch massacre coverage

Source: The Guardian

Sky New Zealand has pulled fellow broadcaster Sky News Australia off air until the channel stops broadcasting clips from the Christchurch mosque shooter’s Facebook live stream.

In a tweet posted on Saturday morning, Sky New Zealand, an independently-owned broadcaster, said it had decided to remove the Australian 24-hour news channel from its platform because of the distressing footage.

“We stand in support of our fellow New Zealanders and have made the decision to remove Sky News Australia from our platform until we are confident that the distressing footage from yesterday’s events will not be shared.”

Despite a plea from New Zealand police, Rupert Murdoch’s Australian pay-TV channel was among the broadcasters that chose to screen Go Pro footage shot by a man who slaughtered 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday.

“Police are aware there is extremely distressing footage relating to the incident in Christchurch circulating online,” the police said in a statement. “We would strongly urge that the link not be shared. We are working to have any footage removed.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/16/sky-new-zealand-pulls-sky-news-australia-off-air-over-christchurch-massacre-coverage



More proof that Rupert Murdoch is evil.
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Sky New Zealand pulls Sky News Australia off air over Christchurch massacre coverage (Original Post) Julian Englis Mar 2019 OP
And that New Zealand 2naSalit Mar 2019 #1
This is part of the reason we have NZ as our backup plan. lark Mar 2019 #4
Go or stay, whatever - I for one dont care to hear about it. Why are people forever making these Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2019 #6
I'll stay. But I understand the feeling. defacto7 Mar 2019 #7
thank you for understanding :) Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2019 #11
i have always applauded the Jews who made it out of Nazi Germany in time. lark Mar 2019 #9
Strawman fallacy Kashkakat v.2.0 Mar 2019 #12
Some people are thinking of providing their children with a safer environment. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2019 #17
Because to an extent we form friendships here, and we share our pain with friends. Hekate Mar 2019 #15
I was looking at NZ back in the 80s and they have some really tight immigration standards. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #16
+++ agree. iluvtennis Mar 2019 #10
Hooray for Sky New Zealand vlyons Mar 2019 #2
Good Sherman A1 Mar 2019 #3
The perp is getting SCVDem Mar 2019 #5
This is Murdoch.... paleotn Mar 2019 #8
Shut down Fox (Sky) and ban semi-automatics - badda bing! LiberalLovinLug Mar 2019 #13
That is how to deal with that miscreant Murdoch. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #14

2naSalit

(86,674 posts)
1. And that New Zealand
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 04:14 AM
Mar 2019

is handling this in all the correct ways. Not showing the vids, not mentioning the bastard's name, banning assault weapons and providing aid and comfort to the communities affected... all of them. That's how we should be responding! Instead, we have a supporter of the perp in the WH.

lark

(23,134 posts)
4. This is part of the reason we have NZ as our backup plan.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 10:19 AM
Mar 2019

The people are sane, for the most part, and they have sane laws and rules that promote the general good. When something breaks, they fix the laws. I can't wait to see how they do this with guns. If not for our daughter, we'd have already moved. We're going to NZ next Jan to spend a few weeks with our friends and really explore the country. I will be working hard with the Democratic party to GOTV and hoping for the best from our legal system with holding the orange traitorous criminal liable, but if both of these fail us and he gets a 2nd term - Id be great to have another option other than Nazi Trumpland.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
6. Go or stay, whatever - I for one dont care to hear about it. Why are people forever making these
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:02 AM
Mar 2019

pronouncements like somehow its helping matters.

Full disclosure: maybe if I had the wealth and means to move myself I would... but I don't. Oh well someone's gotta stay and fight the Nazis

lark

(23,134 posts)
9. i have always applauded the Jews who made it out of Nazi Germany in time.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:09 PM
Mar 2019

You seem to think they were wrong? If one has the ability, it makes sense to avoid a Holocaust.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
12. Strawman fallacy
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 12:41 PM
Mar 2019

Strawman Fallacy. Description: Substituting a person's actual position or argument with a distorted, exaggerated, or misrepresented version of the position of the argument.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
17. Some people are thinking of providing their children with a safer environment.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:12 PM
Mar 2019

You might want to consider that there are other, far more personal reasons for someone to consider re-locating.

Hekate

(90,738 posts)
15. Because to an extent we form friendships here, and we share our pain with friends.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 04:27 PM
Mar 2019

Some have family members who are really triggered by the rise of fascism, as History is a harsh schoolmaster.

Back in the BushCheney admin I fought the notion of leaving, and now I am too old. Still, I would not have traded the Obama years for anything.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
2. Hooray for Sky New Zealand
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 04:36 AM
Mar 2019

Fortunately the footage hasn't appeared in my FB feed. Although Red State popped up yesterday with some garbage about AOC, which I instantly deleted.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. Good
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:50 AM
Mar 2019

And I would confine them to the dustbin of history, never, ever allowing them to return to the airwaves.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
5. The perp is getting
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 10:46 AM
Mar 2019

the blurr treatment in court. His body or face are not clearly shown

N.Z. will not turn this monster into a martyr! Good thinking!

paleotn

(17,931 posts)
8. This is Murdoch....
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:51 AM
Mar 2019

He's not a conservative. He doesn't believe in democracy. He is a fascist to his core. This is Rupert Murdoch....



I may get dinged for this, but with all my being, I hope Murdoch suffers the same fate.

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