The political gorilla and the Pacific Forum: Getting it right?

Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, has often complained of 'inaccuracy, misinformation, distortion and bias' in reporting the Pacific region. Yet there is more to 'getting it right' than accurately reporting Qarase's facts. What of journalists' unstated cultu...

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Autor principal:	Alan Knight
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2005
Materias:	corporate interference culture bias distortion Fiji misinformation Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6ef45a2aad324769901551dfd36ba73c2021-12-02T11:51:18ZThe political gorilla and the Pacific Forum: Getting it right?10.24135/pjr.v11i2.10601023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/6ef45a2aad324769901551dfd36ba73c2005-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1060https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, has often complained of 'inaccuracy, misinformation, distortion and bias' in reporting the Pacific region. Yet there is more to 'getting it right' than accurately reporting Qarase's facts. What of journalists' unstated cultures and conventions which frame international news so that international reporting of Pacific events may bear little resemblance to community priorities? Are the resulting perceptions of misinformation and distortion created by differing national agendas, corporate interests, cultural assumptions or even lingering colonial prejudices? This article examines Australian press reporting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit meeting held in Samoa in August 2004 and compares it to that of the Pacific and New Zealand regional press. Reporters' and editors' views are contextualised with the official communiqué issued at the end of the conference. Alan KnightAsia Pacific Networkarticlecorporate interferenceculturebiasdistortionFijimisinformationCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2005)
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description	Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, has often complained of 'inaccuracy, misinformation, distortion and bias' in reporting the Pacific region. Yet there is more to 'getting it right' than accurately reporting Qarase's facts. What of journalists' unstated cultures and conventions which frame international news so that international reporting of Pacific events may bear little resemblance to community priorities? Are the resulting perceptions of misinformation and distortion created by differing national agendas, corporate interests, cultural assumptions or even lingering colonial prejudices? This article examines Australian press reporting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit meeting held in Samoa in August 2004 and compares it to that of the Pacific and New Zealand regional press. Reporters' and editors' views are contextualised with the official communiqué issued at the end of the conference.
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The political gorilla and the Pacific Forum: Getting it right?

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