TVNZ's chequebook journalism
Posted on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 3:53 PM | Permalink
So TVNZ felt compelled to trump TV3 by paying for Harmeet Sooden's family to fly to the Middle East plus expenses in the hope of securing rights to an exclusive interview with the Canadian terrorist sympathiser. But even more curious than our state broadcaster engaging in chequebook journalism is the facilitating role played by MFAT!