Vijay Narayan
SUVA: Some overseas media outlets and individuals being interviewed are now saying that the Fiji media is "only doing dog and cat stories" and the journalistic standard in the country is now low or is being lowered.
One overseas media outlet, the ABC has interviewed the former editor of Fiji Times, Netani Rika who also said standards had been lowered.
Permanent Secretary for Information Sharon Smith-Johns said it was clear that Rika had had a personal agenda after leaving the newspaper and wanted to continue his anti-government approach.
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Smith-Johns said it was also laughable that some overseas media outlets were saying that the Fiji media was only doing dog and cat stories.
She questioned why this perception was being created and also raised the issue, why these media outlets kept speaking to the same group of individuals who were against everything the current administration was implementing.
Smith-Johns said the so called experts on Fiji wre either experts in nothing or did not even live in the country and did not have any idea about the reality of the situation on the ground.
[Audio file]. - Fijivillage.com/Pacific Media Watch
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