Radio New Zealand’s Censorship of Sally Fallon Morell
March 26th, 2012If anyone inside Radio NZ (yeah, I see that you’re reading) wants to tell me why Kim Hill pulled the plug on the Sally Fallon Morell interview, I’d be interested in hearing from you.
Thanks.
Update: 27 March 2012: Email Response from Mark Cubey, Producer, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand National
In an attempt to verify the facts surrounding the censorship of Sally Fallon Morell on Kim Hill’s radio show, I sent the following email to saturday@radionz.co.nz, which is the email address provided for the public to communicate with the show.
—–Original Message—–
From: Kevin F
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:57 PM
To: Saturday
Subject: Sally Fallon Morell
To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Kevin Flaherty. I am the owner and editor of cryptogon.com.
I want to know why Sally Fallon Morell wasn’t interviewed by Kim Hill on 24 March.
Thank you,
Kevin Flaherty
I received an astonishing email response from the show’s producer, Mark Cubey. While it verifies what we already knew—that the interview with Sally Fallon Morell was cancelled because she is too controversial—the frank admission of this by the show’s producer depicts a level of banality that I have never encountered from anyone in the mainstream media before.
Cubey wrote:
My research for the interview uncovered widespread antagonism in the scientific and nutritional communities to the policies that Sally advocates (NZ responses also appeared in the big Dominion Post on Sally on Saturday 17 March). Kim doesn’t’ like these kind of situations, as they cannot usually be properly addressed within the format limits of the Saturday programme, and can turn antagonistic and difficult… which has happened on occasion during my time on the programme over the last five years or so (most recently Thomas Friedman). These do no one (guests, host, listeners) any favours.
In other words, if someone wants to discusses research showing mainstream dogma and government policies to be absurd, this presents… difficulties. So, rather than addressing core issues about nutrition, and people’s rights to purchase the foods they choose, the Kim Hill show delivered a lukewarm Velveeta enema about fly fishing to the people of New Zealand instead. Have a nice day.
What was Sally going to talk about that’s so dangerous? See the Weston A. Price Foundation to find out. Read through the journals for yourself. Keep in mind, that information isn’t fit for discussion on a national radio show in New Zealand.
Un-effing-believable.
Here’s the full text of the email that I received from Mark Cubey:
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: RE: Sally Fallon Morell
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:17:16 +0000
From: Saturday
To: ‘Kevin F’
Dear Kevin,
Thanks for your email, and apologies for the delayed response (sorry, but I don’t work Mondays and inevitably turn up on Tuesday to around fifty listener enquiries on top of my usual tasks…)
The reasons I cancelled the interview with Sally Ann Morell after it was previewed in the Listener (they have lead times a few weeks in advance of publication), were as follows.
My research for the interview uncovered widespread antagonism in the scientific and nutritional communities to the policies that Sally advocates (NZ responses also appeared in the big Dominion Post on Sally on Saturday 17 March). Kim doesn’t’ like these kind of situations, as they cannot usually be properly addressed within the format limits of the Saturday programme, and can turn antagonistic and difficult… which has happened on occasion during my time on the programme over the last five years or so (most recently Thomas Friedman). These do no one (guests, host, listeners) any favours.
Such interviews invariably draw flak from listeners, as well as demands for right of reply and so forth. As such, Kim isn’t keen to do these kinds of interview, as we only have four hours a week for guests (as opposed to the longer time options of Nine to Noon or Morning Report which can deal with such issues over a week and in a way that better suits their respective formats).
So, despite my initial thoughts that Sally Fallon Morell would be suitable for us, I changed my mind.
I explained this to Caroline Marshall, one of the people involved in organising Sally’s NZ tour. Caroline understood my reasons for doing this, and it wasn’t a problem for her.
If there’s anything else you need from me, please get in touch.
Mark Cubey
Producer, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
Radio New Zealand National
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—End Update—
since when has Kim Hill ever pulled the plug on anyone because they’re “too controversial”?
something does not add up at all.
maybe you could try contacting the programme’s producer, Mark Cubey?
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Sally Fallon Morell
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:57:05 +1300
From: Kevin F
To: saturday@radionz.co.nz
To Whom It May Concern,
My name is Kevin Flaherty. I am the owner and editor of cryptogon.com.
I want to know why Sally Fallon Morell wasn’t interviewed by Kim Hill on 24 March.
Thank you,
Kevin Flaherty
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Not holding breath.
well, my respect for Kim Hill and her programme just went down the drain. what an utter gutless cop out. what a pathetic excuse. Cubey is extremely disingenuous in his reply. i used to be a huge fan of Hill’s. 20 years or so. what a sad way to end up. so Kim Hill Programme = NO CONTROVERSY. simple then. no need to listen. NZ media really is fcuked.
Radio NZ has now deleted the posts on their Facebook page by people asking about what happened to the interview. There were definitely at least three posts, one from me and two other people, that I noticed. All gone now. haha.
I also emailed those fine people on Afternoons with Jim Mora about it, TVNZ and the Herald. No responses from any of them. *shocker*
the thing that pisses me off about this is that the Kim Hill programme is not just sound bites, it’s in-depth interviews up to an hour or more. if there is controversy (shock! horror!), then discuss it, ffs. my impression is that after the interview with Richard Gage (Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth) in 2009, anything that veers too far from the mainstream narrative is off limits.
people freak out about this sort of thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPayTWlAQ0k
The advertisers and industrial interests are powerful in the Land of Oz…
To be quite honest, I’m more than a little surprised that they would even bother to *book* an interview with Sally, based upon the basic tenets she and the WAPF organization represent.
DISCLAIMER : I am a WAPF Chapter co-leader in Germany.
That a nationally-syndicated radio host is “disingenuous”? That’s not surprising in the slightest. In fact, I would be surprised if he demonstrated any spine whatsoever in the face of pressure from above to pull the plug, before he manages to damage the interests of advertisers broadcasting that which is anathema to their commercial interests.
When is everyone going to get it through their hopeful hearts and minds?
The media is BOUGHT and PAID FOR with advertising dollars. Always has been, always will be.
Public media sources are no better, as their primary funding sources tend to be foundation grants and large sponsor donations for specific projects where the sponsor desires a certain amount of “oversight” in the production.
Public donations are a drop in the proverbial bucket and carry no such weight. They’re mostly a PR stunt to create the perception that the PROGRAMMING is somehow in their hands, a blatant untruth at best.