Well, we all know the wonderful work Ben Sandilands is doing - this goes without saying.
And given the limited airtime they receive, Steve P and Woodward have really said some great things in the mainstream media - but unfortunately with very little exposure.
What has been alluded to in other topics, and which deserves a topic of its own, is the fact that the public really aren't getting the full story and the inflight PAs (which only represent the pilots' cause, not the engineers etc) have run out of steam. Unfortunately there are only two things the mainstream media are interested in these days - sensationalising breaking news (like coverage of the NZ earthquake or 9/11), or sponsored coporate advertising.
As much as Ben Sandilands and our union heads are doing everything they can, the fact remains that the mainstream media are essentially in bed with QF and will protect their corporate interests and agreements over all else. Having so called "experts" like Geoffrey Thomas with their snouts in the trough also doesn't help.
I'm calling anyone who wants their job to stay in Australia rather than with QantAsia to help get the plight of our flagship carrier into the headlines - not into offshoring.
We can all post up Sandiland's articles to Facebook, but the impact is restricted to generally small circles.
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This is where we should start. I haven't sent anything yet, just hoping to start the ball rolling.
Send whatever you like.
Here are some suggestions:
Send a video link to Wirth's freudian slip (grounding, oops retiring).
Send a link to Sandiland's pages.
Send a video link from Joyce cutting 1000 jobs, and then a link to Joyce saying no jobs will be lost.
But remember - MediaWatch isn't just free advertising, and they won't just run a story because we pound them with our side of the story.
However - they WILL run a story if they can see evidence of poor/false/financially swayed journalism.
For example, with Wirth's "grouding oops retiring" slip, did channel 7 edit that out?
Or for example, Geoffrey Thomas, so called "aviation expert", always taking the management line because he works for channel 7.
Or for example, the recent Bangkok engine failure - and the failure of the mainstream media to report the issue has a known fix which can't be completed quickly because of offshoring engine maintenance.
Or for example, media playing footage of Joyce threatening to lay off workers conducting PROTECTED industrial action and not questioning the legality of this.
Let's get MediaWatch the angle they need to show QF's manipulation of the media and the one-sided story the public are getting.