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> > >Interesting to note that the former Cook Islands Media >Council failed because of too many complaints from the >government of the time, according to the Pitts. > >In fact, the CIMC failed because of internal >machinations by the Pitts. Council Secretary was >Arthur Taripo, a public servant who now attends >conferences on behalf of the Pitts, see the Australian >Press Council website below. Industry delegate to the >council was Trev Pitt, before the Pitts began their >own news services. > >Most of the complaints came from their associates, not >government. Their intent, later confessed to me by >George Pitt, was to flood the council with complaints, >thereby discrediting it and its inability to handle >the number of complaints. > >Why were Arthur and Trev left in such sensitive >positions? We trusted them at the time. Arthur was a >former editorial adviser to daily Cook Islands News. >Trev was a former reporter for the same paper. Their >input and advice was welcome and, up until 1998, we >thought balanced and fair. > >But then they changed, so much so we no longer >understand where they are coming from. For those at >all interested, Trev did rave to me once about coming >back from university and how effective reductionist >thinking was as an analytical tool. "But you have to >be careful," he warned at the time. "If you break >things down far enough, you can make them mean >anything." > >I suggest that the Pitts have ignored Trev's warning >and subjected ethics to just this kind of reducto >absurdum. Our entire industry suffers as a result. > >> Please copy and paste the link to see where the >former secretary of the Cook Islands Media Council >ended up. > >http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/activities/meetin >gs/asiapac/cook_islands.html

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