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> I am not sure who Michael Field is asking to get his >view. I have all the respect for him as the most >experienced journalist in Pacific affairs. I am not >too sure who was supposed to ask his point of view. >However as the one who penned the Auckland Times >story, and who is well aware of Fiji situation, I do >not think I need anybody's view on the distorted >reporting. If anybody who needs views of Pacific >experts like Michael Field, it is New Zealand Herald >and TV3. As matter of interest, perhaps somebody can >ask these mainstream New Zealand media, how many >ethnic people do they employ from the Pacific who can >have some understanding of what is "really" happening >in the Pacific. Such media should stop relying on >"parachute journalists". And when people like me would >like to project the victim's point of view in NZ >media, they tell us that our writing do not meet their >journalistic standard, whatever that is. This is my >first hand experience with an ethnocentric mainstream >NZ media. That was my lament. To address this problem >, we are in the process of forming an Ethnic Media >Council to give us lesser mortals a collective voice >in a closed shop. >THAKUR RANJIT SINGH

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