tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post6137779798765861189..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: A lot of smoke, but no sign of fireKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-90167433140748626302010-02-20T20:02:56.348+13:002010-02-20T20:02:56.348+13:00Valid points Karl except you seem to have missed o...Valid points Karl except you seem to have missed one thing: As KPMG confirmed in 2007, RadioNZ was being underfunded by 20 percent in relation to what it needed to meet statutory obligations. There was a small blip in funding from the Nats (Labour having ignored KPMG's findings) so obviously, with a frozen budget, something has to give. <br /><br />In some government organisations there's plenty of fat -- especially bureaucratic fat -- to trim. But RNZ is a pretty bare bones operation.<br /><br />And you will know all about pressures on editorial budgets: We should send a reporter to this crisis in the Pacific ... but can we afford to? We could do with an extra reporter on Sundays ... but can we afford to?<br /><br />We must not let happen to RadioNZ what the Fairfax/APN chains have done to our newspapers.....martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736261602960122999noreply@blogger.com