Ban on reporter
Sir,—Who is Big Brother? I was led to believe he may be a gentleman in Wellington who restricted access to some journalists- to material of public interest. I now find that those who rightly protested vigorously against that action now impose a complete ban on material submitted by another journalist. Is Mr Hodge’s material not of public interest? Another bastion op freedom’s creditability has been shaken and today one union spokesman said on radio: “He doesn’t want anything to do with us, so we as a group exercise our right not to have anything to do with him.” This is a childish justification and a “right” which immediately casts doubt on the impartiality of journalists and one which they stoutly maintained the Prime Minister did not have. Journalists must soon decide what affiliations are compatible with their time-honoured function.— Yours, etc., H. R. CROSSMAN. February 29, 1984.
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