1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Okay, full disclosure. The reason that the boys who are 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: on air just before me decided to suddenly just start 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: talking about Mark Lundy without any notice that they were 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: going to talk about Mark Lundy was because I put 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: them up to it. So what happened is I bailed 6 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: into the studio to chat to them in the three 7 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: o'clock news that I wanted to know what they thought. 8 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: And the reason I wanted to know what they thought 9 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: is because it has divided our workplace out there, and 10 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: some of my colleagues think that it's really gross that 11 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: the Herald who we work with, have taken photos of 12 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: Mark Lundy today after he got out of jail yesterday. 13 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: Now the photos aren't anything particularly special. He's sitting in 14 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: the passenger seat of a car. All you can really 15 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 1: see is his face, very sad face, that funny little 16 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: beard that he keeps on rocking, some sunglasses, and his 17 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: Latte colored hoodie. It tells you nothing. It shows you 18 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: almost nothing, And I suspect the reason it shows you 19 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: almost nothing is because there are very heavy suppression suppression 20 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: orders about where he lives at the moment, So anything 21 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: that identifies the town outside of the car, I would 22 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: imagine cannot be published, so they're a little bit limited 23 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: on what they can show you. But even though there's 24 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: almost nothing to see in these photos, boy are we 25 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: clicking on this particular story. It was when I last checked, 26 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: the most read and most viewed story on the Herald. 27 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: So people are interested, and shouldn't the media be reporting 28 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: and taking photos of things that we're interested in? I 29 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: would say yes, Now I can understand why people are 30 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: grossed out by this. I suspect a lot of that 31 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: comes down to the fact that there is significant doubt 32 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: amongst some people as to Lundy's gelt, just as there 33 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: was doubt with David Baine, just as there was doubt 34 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: with Scott Watson. And so the feeling is, if you 35 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: think you haven't he hasn't done it, then you feel 36 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: gross about the fact that he keeps on being harrissed 37 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: after serving his time. But remember, until he proves otherwise, 38 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: he is a man who is convicted of murdering his 39 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,199 Speaker 1: wife and daughter, and his trial and his behavior around 40 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: that grip the nation and frankly turned him to him 41 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: into one of the most famous or infamous people in 42 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: the country. So he is a legitimate news story. And 43 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: it's not really a question actually of whether the Herald 44 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: should have taken those photos. It's actually just a question 45 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: of where you were going to see that photo first, 46 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: because you were going to see it somewhere. If it 47 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: wasn't on the Herald, it would be on some other 48 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: news outlet, or just someone popping down to the local 49 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: coffee shop seeing Mark Lundy there, taking a photo of 50 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: him and putting it on social media, because we all 51 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: know what he looks like, and clearly we're all interested 52 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: in him, and it was going to happen sooner or later, 53 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: wasn't it. For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen 54 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: live to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, 55 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.