Thursday, June 16, 2005

CBK to Address the Nation
I'm pissed off because my show for tonight just got pulled off air.

The President is going to 'address the nation' tonight at 6.30. Just got the call from the station. So my show's one of those which have been axed to H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge time to tell the people what she is going to do now that the JVP has left her ruling coalition.

The two channels run by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), Rupavahini and ChannelEYE will brodacast the speech on TV while all the stations run by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) will do radio broadcasts of the speech. Sources at the President's office (who I got in touch partly for information and partly to scream at for getting my show cancelled) told me that they are trying to see if at least a few of the private broadcasters will want to relay the speech. Isn't that what happens in other countries when the head of the state wants to address the nation.

Anyways, let's see how things go. I will take notes and uploads little bits from what she says when possible. Let's see where she wants to take the Joint Mechanism and this country.

posted by Morquendi @  3:38 AM   || 5 opinion/s ||
Comments:
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : June 16, 2005 6:28 AM
 
Hey Morq - you said you weren't a journalist - cheeky so and so - I knew you were fibbing.

Just want to say - I've recovered from my deep depression about our country - though - hmmm have read a few other blogs tonight & am thinking - holy shit what are we in for - still thanks for getting us all this info - it's great you've got such high access - please keep us all posted - I'm sure we'd all appreciate it ... including the grumpy ones :-))

Anon Anon
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : June 16, 2005 6:30 AM
 
Hey Morq - you said you weren't a journalist - cheeky so and so - I knew you were fibbing.

Just want to say - I've recovered from my deep depression about our country - though - hmmm have read a few other blogs tonight & am thinking - holy shit what are we in for - still thanks for getting us all this info - it's great you've got such high access - please keep us all posted - I'm sure we'd all appreciate it ... including the grumpy ones :-)) Yeesh - that other Anon guy there was real grumpy - Anon Anon
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : June 16, 2005 7:24 AM
 
She didn't start it at 6.30 as usual. There was a half an hour delay. The hallmark of Chandrika rule!
# posted by Blogger Morquendi : June 16, 2005 9:24 PM
 
Anon Anon, I am a journalist in my 'real life' but Morquendi is not a journalist. What I write on Nittewa or my old blog has little to do with me being a journalist. Perhaps my sources are the same, but the content here is not journalism.

Being a journalist is not something I take lightly, like a lot of people do. You must admit that some of the time what runs on Nittewa is political gossip that wouldn't usually be found anywhere else. This is because it's simply not good journalism. As a journalist I would never write like this and I would never upload copy without editing...or even a spellcheck, which I never do. And I would most certainly never run ANYTHING without checking with at least 3 people. On Nittewa all I have usually for the gossip is a single source.

Anyways, wasn't it you who said you're going to be a film star in Bombay? Good luck :) I'll be in Bombay in July, let me know if you're a star by then. I'll come ask for an autograph.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : June 17, 2005 1:57 AM
 
By the way - sorry about the duplicate comment - gosh I'm a goose at this internet stuff really. No it's just that I'm usually reallly tired by the time get round to the Blog stuff - hence the bad spelling on my part!

Now as for my Bollywood career - trust you to make silly assumptions - I suppose I could have been a star once but now I'm more interested in production & logistics for film. It pays more and one doesn't have to do anyone any favours - if you know what I mean.

As for you being a serious journalist - yea I know already. Be good if you didn't act like one of those, schizo, dyslexic, lunatic, nutters running about at the moment.

Also - my Bollywood movie is not going to be set in India - so you won't be seeing me there. I don't really enjoy India much - it's too busy & smelly a bit like Colombo.

Listen - make sure you keep the posts up one source or 2 or 3 - keep the gossip stuff down - we're waiting for info over here - we get so much of rubbish.
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