How stupid main stream media can ruin a good business

[Marc]

Pity it costs so much to sue....

If you live around that way please support these poor business people.

Cafe ruined by Target's false slur

The owners of a Ponsonby cafe falsely accused by TV3's Target show of serving contaminated food say the blunder has left them on the brink of bankruptcy.

The June 16 edition of the consumer show featured a hidden camera segment assessing the hygiene standards of eight Auckland cafes, and claimed chicken from Cafe Cezanne contained high levels of faecal coliforms.

This week TV3 released a statement on behalf of production company Top Shelf Productions admitting food samples from the cafes were incorrectly coded and they were unable to confirm which one had produced the contaminated food.

The statement said the employee in charge of labelling the samples had been sacked.

Cafe Cezanne owners Rod Williams and Jackie Wilkinson said the "unbelievable" mistake had ruined their once-thriving business and they had taken legal advice on their next step.

Read more...

Cheers

Marc

[donna]

....it's time for them to take action via social media

Within no time their name could be cleared and the Cafe could build a large following that entices others to support them.

Maybe the word could also spread via social media of an event where those who got it wrong - have to work a week in the cafe for no pay.....or stand outside the cafe while they get cream buns thrown at them. That would attract attention and offer a suitable apology to the struggling business owners aye.

Cheers,

Donna

[Marc]

Yeah . already started but need more people to pass on the word that the cafe is fine.

I have already posted it on Twitter today but will again on Monday.



Cheers

marc

[Rizowz]

yeah i saw that episode, then the follow up where they apologised and I thought it was just shocking for the poor people. I actually had dinner in Devonport last night which reminded me. I'll definately go there in the future if I can.

[Perry]

One situation where there should be a very
long, written apology, with each letter on
a separate $100 note.

TV! Ugh?!

[captaincrab]

But which of the Restaurants tested DID have the contaminated food though?

Just cause a mistake in the labelling occured doesnt mean that the sample DID NOT belong to Cafe Cezanne.....
The Cafe should do their own tests.

[drelly]

I find Target to be a programme that tends toward sensationalism rather than a balanced point of view. Their "tut-tuts" are often extremely petty, especially with regard to tradesmen. The nature of their "investigation" is inherently flawed and the results usually subjective.

Captaincrab - if you read the whole article, it looks like the sample wasn't from any of the cafes and probably spiked as the coliform count was too high.

[Marc]

Opinion piece...

http://www.brad.net.nz/blog/2009/06/...n-the-shitter/

I have also asked TV3 via Twitter why they allow a show that destroys great businesses to still be on air.

If anyone is also on Twitter please ping them as well and demand they take the show off air.

Their profile is: http://twitter.com/tv3nz

Cheers

Marc

[PeterEmpowerEd]

Originally Posted by Marc

If anyone is also on Twitter please ping them as well and demand they take the show off air. Cheers - Marc

With respect, that seems like an overreaction to me, Marc. Throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Of course, I sympathise greatly with the business that was unjustly smeared and feel that TV3 as the broadcaster owes them some redress, surely.
Maybe hold a TV3 mid-winter Xmas staff party there ... with coverage in Campbell Live and interviews with all concerned? ... Something like that, to make up for the harm their goof caused.

But that Target show has also done some good, too, in my opinion.

[Perry]

If it's anything like Fair Go, I agree with Drelly.
Seems that nearly all 'main stream' media is
about sensationalism and ratings and BS.

Wasn't it Winston Churchill who said:
A lie will be half way around the world
before truth has done up its shoe laces.
(Or something similar to that)