Monday, March 18, 2019



Censorship: Sky New Zealand pulls Sky News Australia off air over Christchurch massacre coverage

Who does it hurt to have someone watching it?

Sky New Zealand has pulled fellow broadcaster Sky News Australia off air until the channel stops broadcasting clips from the Christchurch mosque shooter’s Facebook live stream.

In a tweet posted on Saturday morning, Sky New Zealand, an independently-owned broadcaster, said it had decided to remove the Australian 24-hour news channel from its platform because of the distressing footage.

“We stand in support of our fellow New Zealanders and have made the decision to remove Sky News Australia from our platform until we are confident that the distressing footage from yesterday’s events will not be shared.”

Despite a plea from New Zealand police, Rupert Murdoch’s Australian pay-TV channel was among the broadcasters that chose to screen Go Pro footage shot by a man who slaughtered 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday.

“Police are aware there is extremely distressing footage relating to the incident in Christchurch circulating online,” the police said in a statement. “We would strongly urge that the link not be shared. We are working to have any footage removed.”

Brenton Tarrant was alleged to have filmed a 17-minute Facebook video which included his drive to the mosque, his arsenal of weapons and graphic scenes of his murderous rampage. Media organisations that have used the film stopped the video as he entered the mosque.

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have removed the footage but new copies are constantly being uploaded.

Sky News Australia has been broadcasting the footage repeatedly, sparking anger on social media. It was also shown via Sky News Australia on screens in Qantas airways lounges at airports. Qantas has been approached for comment.

A spokeswoman for Sky New Zealand told Guardian Australia the company was in negotiations with Sky News Australia as to when the channel would be restored to the platform.

“We stand in support of our fellow New Zealanders and do not wish to show the distressing footage that has been shared at this time. We will resume service when available,” a social media spokeswoman said on Twitter.

“All other news channels are still available. BBC World and CNN are available on SKY GO.”

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3 comments:

ScienceABC123 said...

The first step in dealing with a problem is acknowledging that it exists. If you can't even talk about the problem then you're denying the problem exists.

Spurwing Plover the fighting shorebird said...

My guess their afraid some whining little snowflake will become upset by the whole thing and will have to go see their councler who then recomends they go to the woods and concult the trees for guidence Liberal are realy weird

Anonymous said...

As horrid and disturbing as it initially may be, viewing such crimes can enable people to comprehend the reality of them. I could not fully comprehend the reality of Islamic violence until I watched the beheadings, drownings, burnings, and so on, practiced by Jihadists around the world. And my reading of the Koran and their justifications for their violence helped me understand them. So too, witnessing violence of other groups and individuals, and reading their justifications or manifestos can help us face the reality of what is happening and better understand those who commit such acts and those who support them. Lefties like to say such things as, "I don't understand...(insert the name of any behaviour or group they don't like). They think it makes them look virtuous to say they don't understand horrible deeds, and to say they don't understand opposite views to theirs. But not understanding someone is not virtue; it is just limited understanding. There is no virtue in it. We should criticise others only after we understand them. In other words, understand first, then criticise. And to understand another, as uncomfortable as it may be to do so, we usually have to put our self into the mindset of another. Listening, observing, videos, pictures, writings,... can help us do that. The more we can face and understand reality for what it is, the better we can manage it as it is.

Lefties, though, cannot face reality as it is. They are repulsed by reality, They despise reality. A despising of reality is a defining quality of the Leftist. Thinking you know best how reality should be, is Leftism, is Elitism, is pc. Lefties are Elitists, for they are quite convinced that they know best how reality should be, how society should be, how other people should be, what people's opinions should be, what other's thoughts and words should be. You cannot get more elitist than a leftist.