- N.Z. vlogger's incendiary, ignorant comments about Venezuela. Archived Message
Posted by Morrissey
on October 3, 2020, 9:10 pm
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Colin Peacock fails to do his job, yet again RNZ National, Sunday 4 October 2020, 7:40 a.m. In 2003 Colin Peacock publicly supported the preposterous claim of Tony Blair that the media were unduly harsh on him. In 2011, Peacock tried to defend some astounding comments made by John Key about the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. [1] A couple of years later, Peacock interviewed the BBC's Lyse Doucet, and complacently let her claim that she and the BBC were there to represent "those without a voice." [2] This morning he was back in his empty receptacle mode. Filling in for Jim Mora, his guest at 7:40 was one Nick Fisher, who is a "travel vlogger". Fisher has somehow made a career for himself out of travelling to countries around the world, without doing any research, possessing no particular knowledge, and making bland and unremarkable observations to camera. His comments this morning were not particularly interesting, until Peacock asked him to explain why he claimed Venezuela was a dangerous place to visit. It was like throwing a match on petrol: the Venezuelan government was a "criminal regime", he stated, which had "hijacked the election." As he did when faced with bald faced lies by far smarter and more cynical operators, Peacock did not utter a word in dissent. I sent a quick email to the ever agreeable, uncritical host… Nick Fisher's ignorant and incendiary remarks about Venezuela Dear Colin, Your "Calling Home" interview with the vlogger Nick Fisher was astounding. He claimed that the elected government of Venezuela was "criminal" regime which "hijacked the election." It seems he was extremely confused: perhaps he was thinking of Bolivia or Honduras or Brazil. I am surprised and disappointed that you did not even slightly demur at his extraordinarily ignorant remarks. Yours sincerely, Morrissey Breen Northcote Point Ironically, the next guest interviewed by Peacock, the historian Paul Moon, has just commented about the danger of "being an impostor, claiming expertise even though you haven't done any research on the matter." Perhaps Moon had heard the "Indigo Traveller" indulge in a rant exactly matching that description a few minutes earlier. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday [1] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/colin-peacocke-defender-of-john-key-and.html [2] https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2019/01/liars-of-our-time-no-27-lyse-doucet-i.html |
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