Good news for our Police. Research shows they're generally well esteemed by the public. No details about the study's methodology (in this article), but they're given an average 'score' of 68/100. This should be a morale booster on the eve of the release of Dame Bazely's report, which is sure to send TVNZ & the NZ Press Association into dyspeptic do-gooder delirium.
Groups that gave police lower approval ratings comprised 18-25 year olds, younger Pacific Islanders, Maori, new migrants, and Aucklanders.Their antipathy isn't too surprising.
1. 18-25 yr olds - Rebellious youths? Defiant, disaffected and immature.
2. Maoris - No shock to anyone familiar with crime, conviction & imprisonment statistics.
3. Young PIs - A combination of #1 and a variation of #2 perhaps? Think: "Sth Auckland"
4. New Migrants - In many Asian, African & Middle East countries, cops are rife with bribery, brutality and corruption. Perhaps they've imported their own ethnic prejudices?
5. Aucklanders - Lot's of Maoris, PIs and new migrants in Akld. Bigger cities beget more impersonalised institutions. More crimes means overstretched, under-resourced urban coppers give less attention to non-urgent offences. Thus victims of burglaries, car thefts & petty crimes feel ignored and become disenchanted.
Anyhow, given the broad support for our police, our very left-wing msm should reconsider their own childish, churlish animosity toward cops. Especially as journalists themselves are routinely disliked and mistrusted by the public. They should wonder:
1) Despite a concerted, continued attempt by news media to disparage our cops, they still enjoy public approval. Can news media REALLY alter ingrained civic attitudes? And should they even try? Does the msm have a duty to report news or engage in some weird liberal grudge against a noble profession?
2) Do falling ratings and circulation figures correlate with the increasingly bombastic, negative reporting about our police. Personally, I've vowed NEVER to buy another copy of either the NZHerald or DomPost while editors Murphy & Pankhurst are at the helm. Journalism is a business and like all others the bottom line is profit. But if the journalistic jeremiad continues, surely others will join the boycott.
2. Maoris - No shock to anyone familiar with crime, conviction & imprisonment statistics.
3. Young PIs - A combination of #1 and a variation of #2 perhaps? Think: "Sth Auckland"
4. New Migrants - In many Asian, African & Middle East countries, cops are rife with bribery, brutality and corruption. Perhaps they've imported their own ethnic prejudices?
5. Aucklanders - Lot's of Maoris, PIs and new migrants in Akld. Bigger cities beget more impersonalised institutions. More crimes means overstretched, under-resourced urban coppers give less attention to non-urgent offences. Thus victims of burglaries, car thefts & petty crimes feel ignored and become disenchanted.
Anyhow, given the broad support for our police, our very left-wing msm should reconsider their own childish, churlish animosity toward cops. Especially as journalists themselves are routinely disliked and mistrusted by the public. They should wonder:
1) Despite a concerted, continued attempt by news media to disparage our cops, they still enjoy public approval. Can news media REALLY alter ingrained civic attitudes? And should they even try? Does the msm have a duty to report news or engage in some weird liberal grudge against a noble profession?
2) Do falling ratings and circulation figures correlate with the increasingly bombastic, negative reporting about our police. Personally, I've vowed NEVER to buy another copy of either the NZHerald or DomPost while editors Murphy & Pankhurst are at the helm. Journalism is a business and like all others the bottom line is profit. But if the journalistic jeremiad continues, surely others will join the boycott.
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