Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson has never been one to veer away from confrontation. Photo / NZME
OPINION:
Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson is falling into the trap that so often derails merger attempts.
This week, he didn’t mince his words, telling a select committee that TVNZ rather than RNZ would need to
change amid the proposed merger.
“This is going to require a change of culture, particularly from TVNZ, not so much RNZ because I think they get the model,” he said.
“We’ve had a couple of meeting with them [TVNZ], and I think they want the best of both worlds at the moment. We need them to change their attitude. We need them to understand what we want, which is a cultural change.”
The problem with this language is that it creates a hero-villain dichotomy. You have RNZ placed on a pedestal as the role model while TVNZ management is publicly chastised…
