The Political Gorilla and the Pacific Forum: Getting it Right?

Knight, AD

The Political Gorilla and the Pacific Forum: Getting it Right?

Knight, AD

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Publisher:: Auckland University of Technology, Pacific Media Centre
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Pacific Journalism Review, 2005, 11 (2), pp. 170 - 190
Issue Date:: 2005-01

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dc.contributor.author	Knight, AD	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Pacific Journalism Review, 2005, 11 (2), pp. 170 - 190	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1023-9499	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	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 communiqu issued at the end of the conference.	en_US
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology, Pacific Media Centre	en_US
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dc.title	The Political Gorilla and the Pacific Forum: Getting it Right?	en_US
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Abstract:

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 communiqu issued at the end of the conference.

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