Is the epa not a government agency. Why are they paying brownie????
Is the epa not a government agency. Why are they paying brownie????
Now I may not know much...but sounds to me like Mr. Ken needs some publicity help....Ausfish style. You say his website has links....you say the EPA sponsor him. Well get busy people...start sending those messages to these sponsors and departments. Use your collective voice as they say!
I can just see the sponsors board meeting now...."Sir we are receiving hundreds of emails with negative sentiment" Fight PR with PR I say!
bump
i stopped listening to Browns reports years ago. how many times have you believed his drivel only to get to the ramp & find a wind that would blow a dog off a chain, or more importantly been told by him that it will be a crap day & find it turns into a perfect one & you missed it. these days i still go ( unless it's obviously bad ) & pull the pin at the ramp if it is bad, usually it's ok..
always second hand, second rate reports for both weather & fishing....
can anyone please tell me when he appears?
Gary
1 if you have listened you can go to step 2. If not you can listen at these times
Thursday and Friday: 6.30am & 5.05pm
Saturday : 6.30 and 8.30am & 12.30 pm and 5.05pm
Sunday: 6.30 and 8.30am & 12.30 pm
2 Download the complaints form
http://www.4kq.com.au-complaints-complaints_4kq.pdf or if that doesnt work go to http://www.4kq.com.au/ then go to teh right, almost at the bottom of the page and click "COMPLAINTS"
3 Print out the form and post it in.
Hubby would probably write soemthing like:
During the Qld election campaign last week Ken Brown made negative comments about closures to Moreton Bay. Closures that EPA, the sponsor of Coastwatch wants to introduce.
This was a hot political issue - look at the media releases by the Labor Party, Nationals Party and the Greens and the Fishing Party
This is “cash for comments” which is illegal under the Broadcasting Services (Commercial Radio Current Affairs Disclosure) standard 2000.
It was also a paid political advert but not properly approved and authorized as under the Electoral and Broadcast Acts
Learn from the Vegans and what they do: say something to his sponsors:
Eg:
Brownie used to be the Queensland fisherman’s friend but now we have him being paid by Environmental agency saying fishermen are environmental bad guys. – on 4KQ,
I understand that you advertise with him or 4KQ
I have decided that I can’t support him or the products he advertises. I am therefore refusing to buy any products advertised or associated with Ken Brown until you cease using his services.
Sincerely
Send these to
sorrenlather@arn.com.au
jennifersmith@arn.com.au
caverock@bigpond.com
support@cybercoast.com.au
graeme@wilsonfishing.com
sales@seawasp.com.au
sales@andico.com.au
info@bne.com.au
ola@oppositelock.com.au
rmartell@oppositelock.com.au
info@portbris.com.au
And Call:
Channel Seven Brisbane
GPO Box 604
MOUNT COOT-THA QLD 4001
Switchboard: (07) 3369 7777
4KQ (07) 3394 0693
Complaints form downloaded and being sent off tomorrow. Guys, we only have a few days to do this as there is a 30day window for complaints which is fast approaching. Dont let Brownie do this to us - Many of us have supported him for years by watching his lame reports on TV and checking his website.
Now he is trying to turn on us - not because he truly believes that we shouldnt catch a fish but because the EPA is paying him - thats cash of comments... very poor form and unless we complain officially he will get away with it.
Just my thoughts,
Adam
Hi All
Finally his true colours are coming out for all to see! I was an initial member of the DPI sponsored and managed 'Fishcare' volunteers group.
DPI approached him about airing a segment to promote us to the fishing community however Mr Brown wanted a significant sum of money to do this! Here we were as volunteers in our own time going out and visiting boat ramps and jetties and parting with rulers, stickers and info relating to legal sizes and catches and he wanted money to promote us!!
Hmmm, so it's no surprise that i see this is happening! Complaint form sent!
Take Care T
Could anyone please tell us the date that he said this on 4KQ. We are sending in a complaint and we need the time and date for the form.
Is that "cash for comments" or "trash for comments"?
Tim
Yes please!! The original time and date was on the post which had to be removed by Ausfish.... without posting the original email, - can we please have the time and date of the TV spot and the 4kq spot - we can send in separate complaints about both - as long as we have factual information.Originally Posted by ziggy.
Thanks,
Adam
hi all,
sent my e-mails.
got one very hostile reply. can't post it here, pm e-mail address and i will forward it to you
cheers
dazza
Ok... I have the details.... unfortunately it looks like we're a few days late for an "official" complaint however we can still make a general complaint about cash for comments.
The comments were made Wednesday 2nd August after the big meeting at the sands in Cleveland
The announcers asked him the question " Whats this about the government wanting to close half of Moreton Bay?"
Ken apparently came back with something like... The Pros are greedy and the rec fishos are even greedier and we wont be happy until we have taken every fish from the bay. He went on to say that everyone knows that the Bay is in dire straits and needs urgent management to save it for the future.
Those weren't the exact words - I have rephrased them to protect the original copyright holder
Of course Ken is entitled to his opinion but the report was apparently sponsored by the EPA. Therefore what Kens says is sponsored by the EPA - if his comments were his own opinion and not the opinion of his sponsor then he had an obligation to inform the public of that - according to broadcast regulations.
This is where the problem lies - its cash for comments and thats why we should complain in the first instance to 4KQ. Its too late now to go further, i.e to the broadcasting commission - but at least Ken and 4KQ will be on notice and he will shut his mouth in future - which is what we want him to do.
Hope that helps and thanks to hubby for getting me the info - so I could post it here. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]
Adam
Hi all on the side of things with Mr Ken Brown when he was just doing the sigment on Tv fishing reports my wife us to work for a community centre here in Logan and they where having a fund raising day for the comunity centre in which had queit a few kids there the wife ask me if i could ring Ken and ask if he would donate some thing or could he attend the day his comments $5000.00 for the day and no he would not donate any thing now remember this was for kids and the same thing with jamey done (spelling) agro!!
any way people from all over gave things Tigers footy club along with a few other clubs
now i even explain to Ken that there where queit a few kids and there parents in the area that fished still the answer was no always round so from that day on i have never listened to nor will i listen to his radio broadcasts i however get the beacon to beacon as it does have some good info in it but that is as far as it goes the man to me is so S#### up (no sorry want go there)
now with this i think moeny is his only passion not fishing or even protection as long as the almighty Dollars are there
Cheers
Steve
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