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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 41 No. 1. February 27 1978

Fishing for Stories?

Fishing for Stories?

Dear Simon,

Whilst listening attentively to the excellent service given to us by our student radio station the other day, a joker called Paul Norman came on the air as the so-called political reporter and started to mouth off about the railway strike. Now I realise that quite a few people have been inconvenienced by this strike and I feel sorry for them. But Norman went on and on about people having to sell their cars in Picton so that they could afford a plane fare to get across the strait, and teenagers having to fish off Picton wharf because they had run out of money to buy food.

How about the other side of the story Mr. Self proclaimed political reporter? The railway workers are, after all, standing up against the government's attempt to deliberately run down New Zealand's rail services. Not only are the railway workers' jobs in jeopardy, but the New Zealand transport network is also under threat. And do you think the rail workers really like being on strike? The way the report was presented it certainly sounded that way.

The rail workers are making a principled stand and are prepared to lose wages to do it. Makes the likes of Paul Norman look pretty shoddy in comparison!

David Murray