"Ralston criticises Clark for salary fiasco at TVNZ
| Sunday, 9 September 2007
Former TVNZ head of news Bill Ralston has tongue lashed politicians for their handling of the state broadcaster and singled out the Prime Minister for starting a chain of disastrous events.
In a Herald on Sunday opinion piece Ralston broke his silence about TVNZ.
"TVNZ can and does become a political football as puffed-up politicians use it to boost their own profile by grandstanding on its every mistake and attempting to embarrass the Government as a result," he wrote.
Ralston said the duel role of returning a profit and meeting charter obligations was failing; "In short TVNZ is dysfunctional because it's designed that."
Ralston said Prime Minister Helen Clark's position against large salaries for presenters cost the network millions and was a "major factor in bringing the place almost to its knees".
He said her stand against big payouts led to short term contracts which alienated presenters such as Paul Holmes who quit."
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