On the West Coast this weekend Richmond did not articulate their plays quite as well as Cuzzy & while it's still unclear whether the snubb to local media was at his behest or that of the event organizers, those asked to leave volunteered to awaiting news media that they felt that they knew why they were the hacks Ben Cousins rejected.
Such instances would indicate that the mainstream media industry needs to review and reform its compliance to the code of ethics - campaigning for Freedom of Information in a repressive environment is laudable, but there is also a need to observe the right to privacy, particularly in times of grief.
It's really rather unprecedented for the employees of sponsors to have to be asked to leave an event because they, by their own words, considered that their conduct might be anticipated to be prejudicial.
Currently, media staff don't have to be regulated(AJA members), or even qualified, in order to work in the industry.
These guys got the scoop.
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