Seven and Nine release siege survivor promos, while downplaying risk to coronial inquest
The first big news battle of 2015 is shaping up with Seven and Nine both releasing promos highlighting their news specials with survivors of the Martin Place siege.
Both the Seven and Nine networks are understood to have paid for the interviews with survivors, which has drawn criticism amid concerns by a former coroner that they could prejudice the coronial inquest into the Sydney siege, which begins at the end of the month.
At this stage the air dates for the two rival specials is undecided and both networks have played down the risk that evidence could be tainted by the specials.
Shame on Seven and Nine for competing to exploit a tragedy.
Oh come on Viewer, this is absolutely newsworthy. If the perpetrator were still alive, and was awaiting trial, I would agree no interviews should be shown.
But having a go at a news organisation for maximising the news value of any event is akin to blaming a cat for eating a mouse.
and both of them will rate very well I suspect!
Absolutely sick of the do-gooders now blaming these people for getting some money for telling the inside stories of their experiences.
1) People want to know what happened inside the cafe
2) Whatever Media outlet secures these interviews is going to benefit from an uplift in viewers/readers etc and consequent ad revenue
3) Why not give these people who endured this massively stressful ordeal some money as a result. Whether they use it for a holiday to try and renew their lives or for their ongoing counselling/treatment I think should be completely up to them with no judgement. I was shocked to read of the tiny amount they may receive from victims of crime compensation so as a result paid interviews are almost inevitable
Id like to see the do-folders reject the money if they were put in the same situation
*do-gooders
Also this is a completely different scenario to the Schappelle interview yet I think these people are now being put in the same basket as Corby. They’ve done absolutely NOTHING wrong
I for one – will certainly be watching, and in fact would be interesting to hear all of the people’s stories.
Interestingly, I asked two friends what they would do after such an ordeal.
One said she’d be on The Morning Show the next day. Meanwhile, another said she would NOT do any interviews and would take refuge at her home for weeks/months.