TV3 Campbell and cronies facing the music

[Happy Ronin NZ]

Its been a while since the Waioru medals were stolen and now the police want TV3 to reveal the theives identity.

Of course TV3 don't want to and put up in my opinion a flimsy argument.

This from NZ Herald
"TV3 director of news and current affairs Mark Jennings said it was not for the media to get involved in debate about the public good.

For media the concern is that if TV3 hands over the identity, it will send a bad message to people that anonymity is not assured, Jennings said.

For journalists it was about keeping promises of anonymity, promises made before entering conversations in which they did not know where they would lead.

"We are not an arm of the police, we are the Fourth Estate, and if you do not agree to confidentiality your sources will dry up," he said."

Personally I think the actions of TV3 smacked of arrogance. They thought they were being clever and it backfired. If they want to protect the identity of criminals then I won't be tuning into their programmes.

If they had been smart they wouldn't have interviewed the assholes in the first place. Surely they can see the difference between a criminal and whistleblower.