Hard News: Everybody has one
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
There is only one thing worse than being talked about
and that is not being talked about.
Oscar Wild.'A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
Oscar Wilde;- )
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It is sad that we will never see stories about Pike River, Health and Safety legislation or Christchurch earthquake issues on the light-weight Story. Instead we get endorsements of that rape-culture-endorsing Edge radio station.
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chris, in reply to
It is sad that we will never see stories about Pike River, Health and Safety legislation or Christchurch earthquake issues on the light-weight Story
Or possibly that we will, if one of those issues again scales the heights of peak talkback. We may or may not hear from an actual victim, we’ll be shocked by compilation of news headline soundbites, they’ll speak to a commissioner and the last interview will be of the relevant minister who may even admit that the system is broken and be given ample opportunity to outline their vision and proposed solutions. Back in the studio Duncan may sound skeptical to these proposals but he’ll come round in the matter of a couple of sentences as he restates them aloud in his own voice, deciding that these changes are “huge”. The 7 minute segment will conclude with an update that the specific case in question will now be investigated so we can all walk off into the sunset holding hands and singing Kumbaya.
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I'm aware (as others are on here no doubt) of good journalists who are - through pressures of commercial imperatives - writing much more clickbait than they used to. The traditional business model of media, under siege from digitisation, globalization, citizen journalism, bloggers, pr, social media, dying ad revenue, declining public funding, fragmenting audience interest etc etc, inevitably responds in a number of ways. One of which is to chase new ad revenue via driving click through and talkback style comments threads. Another is to cross-sell across platforms via media 'personalities'. Another is the entrepreneurial indie enterprise like PA or The Hive. I guess if you are a journo or work in media it depends on where you work. BTW, did anyone else notice the relentless cross-channel vibe from NZME towards Mediaworks? For a while there the Herald ran a negative story about the Bachelor or other MW properties every single day for about 21 days straight.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
Not gonna happen. Apart from anything else, being big and cross-platform might be the only way to survive and prosper in the new media environment. It’s not a good time to be an indie.
Yep, while the Internet has proven to be a disruptive force to old media, it hasn’t caused it to collapse but rather caused it to consolidate. Even then, NZ needs a Royal Commission to look into the whole affair. Bonus points if Tony Fitzgerald, Ray Finkelstein, and Brian Leveson can be on it.
And the only thing Mike Hosking is missing right now is a giant telescreen.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
And the only thing Mike Hosking is missing right now is a giant telescreen.
True, though I suspect his enduring qualities are more Lord Haw-Haw than Big Brother.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
Not surprisingly, the Nats sacked the nanny!
And I assure you, this column is not an outlier.
Is 'fiddling while Rome burns' the polar opposite of 'nanny statism'?
If 'nanny statism' was the knockout blow for the Clark Govt, then 'fiddling while Rome burns' could be the same for the Key Govt.
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But he lacks empathy, self-awareness and insight.
Not much of a human being then.
And I thought some people have two
Shit spewing from both ends ... kinda Hangover Pt7
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Sacha, in reply to
The 7 minute segment
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Spot the difference - via Twitr.
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chris, in reply to
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Tim Croft, in reply to
Yes, I have often thought this about people in such roles. Is there actually time to experience the world and understand it if you're constantly hurrying from one studio to the next? Or do you just end up becoming a 'braindead megaphone' because how can someone being drained of that much opinion possibly be always sincere about what they say, if a few hours later they have to churn out more opinion?
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
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I still reckon Hosking is a self absorbed cuff snapping patronising waste of carbon ...
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
because how can someone being drained of that much opinion possibly be always sincere about what they say, if a few hours later they have to churn out more opinion?
John Key does it too and relishes it. He has an opinion on everything and has decided he knows best. It's rather handy Hosking agrees with him. Talking heads tend to blather on with ease because "EGO" because vanity, because arrogance. Then subservient people around you constantly confirms you are right then money paid convinces yourself.
I think the crossovers between radio, TV , Newspaper is a dangerous precedent. Even Jono and Ben admitted last night they spend up to 18 hours a day together. Thank Christ they are only trying to be funny. -
Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
I still reckon Hosking is a self absorbed cuff snapping patronising waste of carbon ...
Ohh you're too nice. :)
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Just FYI, I talked to Michelle Dickinson yesterday and confirmed that while Callaghan pays her for writing the column, it's not directly paying the Herald.
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Rob Stowell, in reply to
John Key does it too and relishes it. He has an opinion on everything and has decided he knows best. It’s rather handy Hosking agrees with him.
What makes both stand out from almost everyone else in the NZ blathersphere is the degree of confidence they display in ther opinions. We all know confidence is attractive. It breeds confidence. It feels as if they’re a part of what’s moved ‘the political middle’ in NZ, just by dint of sounding certain they are always right and reasonable.
Bertrand Russell’s“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wise people so full of doubts.”*
may be true, but we still long for certainty and admire it in others. (My gut feeling is in politics ‘the liberal left’ tends to hold more doubts; the ‘authoritarian right’ more certainty. I think Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn also benefit from the confidence they have in their ideas (I also think the substance is vitally important, and happen to agree with much of it :)); Donald Trump is all about the triumph of confidence over substance.)
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Steve Parks, in reply to
Likewise Greenwald’s reporting was lost in the jello wrestling bout between Key and Dotcom.
To be fair, Greenwald did bring that result on himself, to some degree. His close alignment with Dotcom wasn't the best judgment call of his career.
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andin, in reply to
we still long for certainty and admire it in others.
Otherwise known as hell on earth, or a fools paradise
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
To be fair, Greenwald did bring that result on himself, to some degree. His close alignment with Dotcom wasn't the best judgment call of his career.
To be fair, put yourself in their shoes and see if you would come up with the same conclusions. Experience can bring people together. Edward Snowden and Assange saw fit to speak too. All of them (Dotcom included) know how this Government works. That they chose to try and tell the NZ public was a public service in my mind. Who else invited them down here? No one else.
Dotcom has an interest in saving himself from one of the biggest Corporations in the World. That Greenwald saw this and wanted to help , may have been about that and nothing to do with "his career". -
Alfie, in reply to
All of them (Dotcom included) know how this Government works. That they chose to try and tell the NZ public was a public service in my mind.
+1
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chris, in reply to
Likewise Greenwald’s reporting was lost in the jello wrestling bout between Key and Dotcom
Inside New Zealand certainly.
The passiveness of was lost can be taken out of context to ignore the agents of obfuscation that wittingly or unwittingly contributed to minimising the importance of the core issues:
So we spy on Pacific Nations.
Here’s my guess, they already knew that.
Here’s my other guess, we already knew that.
One more guess…I doubt many give a ‘monkeys’. One of the great lessons of the election campaign was that when it comes to spying and dirty deeds in politics, Nicky Hager and his conspiracy mates made no difference whatsoever.
Kim Dotcom and his grandiose promises amounted to nothing. The ‘Moment Of Truth’ was the moment of humiliation for them.
As David said just a few lines previous:
media establishment colluded either wilfully or by default with the government to fill the air with chaff that bounced the signal around until all that was left was the noise
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Funny, I have never thought of Hosking as a journalist.
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I doubt the Herald will be keeping Peter Lyons on for long, either...
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Rosemary McDonald, in reply to
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