Having worked in television, radio, print and online media for over thirty years, before retiring gracelessly into public relations and communications consultancy, I can say from bitter experience that the media can get a little precious when it feels it is being criticised. Very precious.
In such cases the media can be so thin-skinned as to be transparent.
The NZ Herald and Dominion Post/Fairfax became positively hysterical this week when Prime Minister John Key voiced his opinion of them on Leighton Smith’s Newstalk ZB programme.
