New Zealand journalist deported from Fiji


	New Zealand journalist deported from Fiji

openpundit

12-17-2008 1:36 AM

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openpundit says:

A little satire. I know it's dumb, but heck it even made me laugh

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6d04a99d-5b48-437e-8e14-8810e6592011/FC0191E3-D4FD-4EFB-9C20-2824623653BF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/" href="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/" style="font-size: 11px;">brysonwilson.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/brysonwilson.com/img/A69D89C8-DC34-4EE1-86EA-9A40E1AABBB7" alt="fiji" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P class="wp-caption-text">The Fiji Navy Seal Team takes to the waters for another day of tough training.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P>A New Zealand journalist has been <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/deportation" title="w:deportation" class="extiw">deported</A> from <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji" title="w:Fiji" class="extiw">Fiji</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P>Fiji’s military regime reportedly maintains a blacklist of journalists deemed critical of the regime. In June 2007, <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Media" title="w:Fairfax Media" class="extiw">Fairfax</A> New Zealand correspondent Michael Field was deported from Fiji after criticising the regime.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P>“I’m not the first journalist to be sent away from Fiji and I guess I won’t be the last.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P>“She reports it as she sees it, and obviously she’s touched a nerve of some people in high places,” he said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P>Fiji’s military overthrew the country’s elected government in a <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Fijian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="w:2006 Fijian coup d'état" class="extiw">military coup</A> in December 2006.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P>That’s funny.  I didn’t know Fiji had reporters, let alone televisions.  To make matters worse, they have an armed military?  Who gave them weapons?  Oh wait, I heard about their weapons.  Potato guns and coconut catapults.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brysonwilson.com/2008/12/new-zealand-journalist-deported-from-fiji/"><P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ" title="w:TVNZ" class="extiw">TVNZ</A> head of news and current affairs Anthony Flannery believes Dreaver has been deported for her unbiased reporting of events in Fiji.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FC0191E3-D4FD-4EFB-9C20-2824623653BF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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