Saturday, January 24, 2004
TVNZ making a meal of it
TVNZ, Susan Wood in particular, started quite well when they launched an assault on Winston Peters. But in the space of half an hour, Winnie was coming back. This article in the Herald is quite a nice wrap of the opening exchanges. All in all, bloody good tele all round.
But on Friday, TVNZ lost the plot. In what was supposed to be another 'interview' with a key witness, I can't help but think all that was missing was the script in front of them. 'Genny', the staff member with no axe to grind (but quite happy to put the knife in) had certainly read it thoroughly prior. You can see the Holmes interview called "More claims against Winston Peters" via nzoom. It could just as well be titled "The Holmes show have their first crack at a real life court room drama".
They can certainly coach a witness, but I thought they came out of this looking more than a touch desperate.
