[3] In 2003 he received a recommendation from Samoa's Ministry of health for his "Significant contribution by broadcasting the proceedings of the symposium free of charge".
He said he had been stopped from showing the movie even though a documentaries on the plot of The Da Vinci Code were being broadcast by a local television station.
In his criticism of the ban, Keil said the constitution also gave adults the right to decide what they wanted to watch.
[6] In June 2007 Keil was in the news defending his decision to stop two of his journalists from attending media conferences.
His decision to stop them from attending conferences by Asiata Sale'imoa Va'ai, leader of the Samoa Democratic United Party was based on his not wanting his station doesn't want his station airing unproven allegations by Asiata.