As much bad journalism as I have seen, I find it hard to believe that someone actually quit their job as an interviewer simply because they did a bad job. A reporter in New Zealand named Hannah Hodson did an interview with Pink when Pink was in New Zealand. Apparently during the interview Hannah discovered that Pink had fired her sister as her assistant. Hannah asked some follow up questions. (Yay followup) and I guess got a little miffed at the circumstances why Pink fired a family member.
Pink eventually just walked off the set while her manager tried to confiscate the tape. The manager was unable to do so, but the station in New Zealand decided not to air the interview because they did not want to upset Pink or for her to have any bad feelings about the country. Ummm. OK, sure. That's a good journalistic reason. Because it is a lousy reason, the station then said the interview was a train wreck. Last time I checked, people tuned into news more frequently if you showed train wrecks so that can't be the reason.
After the station decided not broadcast the tape, Hodson quit her job as a reporter for them. The interview was supposed to be broadcast on a show called Close Up. So far I have not found any leaked versions of the interview but would love to see it. Has anyone seen it or still photos from it?
Speaking of bad journalism....LOL Enty you need to clarify who Pink fired. Her own sister or Hannah's sister??
ReplyDeleteFrom how I understood it, Hodson used the interview as an opportunity to ask Pink why she had fired Hodson's sister as her assistant.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm not against the idea of journalists asking probing questions or the idea of follow up questions, this seems like a case where Hodson used her interview for her own agenda. (Again, that's pretty common here, but it may not be what Close Up wanted.)
I still haven't seen any vids from this yet, so I could be interpreting it wrong.
oops--I took it that Pink fired her own sister.
ReplyDeleteThat "journalist" has a history of being confrontational and aggressive towards her interview subjects. And in that interview she did not find out that her sister was fired and ask some follow-up questions. As Kellylynn said, she used the interview as an opportunity to ask Pink why her sister (Hannah's sister, not Pink's) had been sacked, which is so unbelievably unprofessional. I'm not saying celebrities need to be coddled, or not asked tough questions, but that isn't hard-hitting, provocative journalism, it's just a whiny brat asking a question which is not relevant to anyone but her. And Pink should not have to justify who she fires and why. Frankly if Hannah's sister's professionalism is anything like hers I'm not surprised she was fired.
ReplyDeletePlus, I heard Hodson had been incredibly disrespectful and unprofessional during the interview, taking cell phone calls and acting snotty.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a real piece of work:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24634586-5012974,00.html
TEAM PINK
ReplyDeleteOk, I love Nicole Kidman just a little bit more now. From the article ms cool linked:
ReplyDelete"What about some of the reviews, I mean, one person called it an embarrassing, colossal piece of cr-p. How do you take that kind of criticism?" Hodson asked.
Kidman replied: "That's a charming thing. I didn't know that. You're a sweet woman, aren't you," before walking off.
Enh, it was pretty much a non-event here. A few headlines. The reporter was fired/quit. The piece has never aired on "Close Up." I think it more a case of the station being embarrassed by the nutso reporter than saving Kiwi face.
ReplyDeleteSo it's okay for Pink to throw a godawful tantrum that the royal family of Britain didn't kiss her spoilt ass, but if anyone dares demand of her answers she throws a tantrum and sends her 'manager' to get the tape of said tantrum and it's the reporter's fault?
ReplyDeleteQuestions might have been off the chart, but Pink gets no sympathy from me. Snotty little bitch that she is, I hope she got her windbag ass knocked down a peg.
As a journalist (watch it, your tomatoes don't go thru cyberspace), I see the issue from various sides.
ReplyDeleteKnowing nothing about this incident previously, I first thought the sister was Pink's. Then my reaction was, who cares???? Then I saw that it was the reporters (and still thought who cares?) but that does shade it a bit. The reporter should never have done the interview or should have pushed aside her bias. If her editors knew about her sister's connection to Pink, they should not have allowed the interview to proceed.
On the other hand, these celebs are SUCH crybabies. They insist on being asked only softball questions, sometimes demand that no follow-ups even be asked, and sometimes demand to have the questions in advance and approve only certain topics. Some of us decline to do those interviews. I won't.
So the fact that Pink and Nicole got their feelings hurt, who cares? I mean, these people think they're being asked serious questions when Guiliana DiPandering asks them what designer they're wearing. That's the kind of "journalism" the celebs want, nothing more.
So as I see it, nobody here comes out looking very good. :-/
FYI, to clarify my statement above: I meant to say that I won't do any interviews where the questions are pre-approved. I didn't word that very well.
ReplyDeletenunaurbiz: Sounded clear to me. Thanks for the insight - i guess there is rarely (if ever) a victim in the entertainment industry. Its just different shades of grey isnt it?
ReplyDeleteFunny that you would say that you liked Nicole Kidmans answer - my reaction was the complete opposite! I honestly think its fair game for a journalist to quote a shitty review and ask for the actors opinion, I would MUCH rather have that then those interviews where they just suck up to the actor pretending all is well and that their movie is the best ever made, when we all know its been dissed by every reviewer!
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