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TVNZ, TV3, Maori TV and Sky News have all agreed to go against parts of the new rules that were voted on in parliament which essentially banned use of images and videos of MPs for satirical use.

They accept that they will be held in contempt of parliament if they do, but they all agree that the new rules are undemocratic.

“This is not an issue of MPs versus the television media; it’s about New Zealanders being denied a particular viewpoint on New Zealand politics,” [TVNZ Head of News and Current Affairs, Anthony] Flannery says.

All these MPs seem to forget that anyone can see them anyway if they go to the debating chamber. I was thinking maybe someone should set up an open blog for anyone to post up what they saw of MPs that day. No images, of course, but at least people would still know if David Benson-Pope was sleeping on the job again!

Jayden was handed over to police yesterday morning by his grandfather Dick Headley, ending five months on the run.

The maternal grandfather wanted his daughter (the mother) to gain custody.

At first I though, “they must have figured that they won’t get custody at all now.” I did have my doubts about that, people who do stuff like this don’t think like normal people.

And sure enough I was right. The mother, Kay Skelton, is still going to fight for custody. The father, Chris Jones, gained custody originally. The family court does have a bias towards the mother when granting custody, so something must’ve been up for her not to get it in the first place.

Jayden was quick to get back into normal life, and he has also recounted the time spent on the run. More people are expected to be arrested in relation to the kidnapping.

David Farrar said how bad 3 News’ reporting was on the Don Brash saga.

Recently, Don had been accused of having an affair with someone from the Business Round Table. The media is having a field day (almost).

After reading David’s commentary on the reports, I went to TV3’s website to watch their report and see what he was talking about.

I got to the page after incredibly slow loading times, but then the media never loaded. I then copied and pasted the URL to the report into Windows Media Player and it just sat their trying to connect.

I had noticed this about a week ago when trying to watch another report. Surely they would’ve noticed?

Well, the website is the only contact with 3 News that I have. I always watch One News, and sometimes watch 3 to see what they have to say. TV3’s website has only started offering video only recently, so maybe it can’t handle?