Hard News: Privacy and the Public Interest
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Trevor Nicholls, in reply to
extending to losing her job
Does anyone know if Jason Ede still has a job?
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Rob Stowell, in reply to
Does anyone know if Jason Ede still has a job?
For life, one is inclined to think. Or until he opens his mouth.
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nzlemming, in reply to
Does anyone know if Jason Ede still has a job?
It has not been reported that National have fired him, but he has rather become a non-person.
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Interesting. There is still a Cactus Kate Twitter account. I suspect it's a bot as it appears to be posting Russian proverbs, in Russian. But Slater did link to it from one of the deleted posts, so I assume she used it at some point.
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Trevor Nicholls, in reply to
It has not been reported that National have fired him, but he has rather become a non-person
If true, that's suggestive that he was a servant not a rogue, n'est-ce pas?
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Dismal Soyanz, in reply to
"There is no Jason Ede, There has never been a Jason Ede."
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Angela Hart, in reply to
Will the real Jason Ede please stand up? Perhaps he's gone hunting with the similarly invisible Simon Lusk.
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nzlemming, in reply to
There is no Jason Ede, There has never been a Jason Ede.”
We have always been at war with Jason Ede.
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nzlemming, in reply to
If true, that’s suggestive that he was a servant not a rogue, n’est-ce pas?
Sorry? Don't understand.
He worked in the Opposition Leader's office, under Brash, then Key kept him on and took him into the PM's office, for reasons no-one seems willing to understand or enumerate. When National started gearing up for their campaign, he left the PM's office and moved (presumably to Willis St - Nat HQ) to the campaign office, to do nobody knows what or is willing to say. However, media reports indicate he still has an electronic pass to the Beehive.
No-one credible, apart from Key (and then only by inference) has ever suggested he was a rogue - he was definitely an employee of Parliamentary Services and then Ministerial Services (where I might point out he was bound by the Public Service Code of Conduct).
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No question last year.
Ede was a senior adviser in the National leader's office. He provided communication advice and support to the prime minister and to National Party MPs, including in the area of social media and other media.
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Trevor Nicholls, in reply to
Sorry? Don't understand.
It was shorthand for "public servant acting on my instructions" vs "someone in my office acting on their own initiative and without my knowledge".
His disappearing is circumstantial evidence that he's been a bad boy. The fact that he hasn't been sacked and discredited is circumstantial evidence that JK wanted him to be a bad boy.
At least that's how I read it.
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Dismal Soyanz, in reply to
The fact that he hasn’t been sacked and discredited
Well, publicly, at least.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
The fact that he hasn’t been sacked and discredited
Well, publicly, at least.
Is he even alive?
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If i recall correctly, the Wayback archive can have items removed, if someone is determined, although I'm sure helpful souls have taken copies of all the files there, just in case.
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izogi, in reply to
If i recall correctly, the Wayback archive can have items removed, if someone is determined
According to its FAQ, the appropriate robots.txt on your website will remove all historic content... not just prevent future crawling. I guess this is what Cathy Odgers did, but I hadn't thought of the National Library archive until @mpledger pointed it out.
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nzlemming, in reply to
If i recall correctly, the Wayback archive can have items removed, if someone is determined, although I’m sure helpful souls have taken copies of all the files there, just in case.
:-) You betcha. Nothing really scandalous though, just a spat between former BFFs is my take.
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nzlemming, in reply to
but I hadn’t thought of the National Library archive until @mpledger pointed it out.
I had but hadn't got round to it yet. I wasn't actually sure that online access was available. It's a lot harder to navigate, though, and links break more easily.
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Angela Hart, in reply to
Is he even alive?
It's odd that he hasn't been spotted anywhere. You'd think someone would've staked out his residence, so presumably he's no longer living there. It's clear that the media must not speak to him. Perhaps he's been provided with a whole new identity and banished to a safe house (complete with golf clubs).
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
so presumably he’s no longer living
I can imagine the scenario.
"Hey John, this guy Ede could drop us right in the milkshed runoff if he opens his mouth"
"You're right Steve, loose lips sink Shits at the end of the day"
"End of the day, I see what you mean, nudge nudge"
Yes, preferably before lunchtime akshully"
We would have to be super careful not to be found out"
"Why, we just say its stupid for people to think we would do that sort of thing and even if we did, everybody accidentally shoots people sometimes, Dick Cheney springs to mind"
"You are right john, as always, by lunchtime then" -
Angela Hart, in reply to
Fits of laughter!
Where in the world is.... Jason Ede? -
CJM,
Andrea Vance finally admitting she's a pointless, waste of space and at the same time defining the 'nothing to see here' modus operandi of Key et al:
Guess that now the election is all over she can go and buy some more shoes or get her fringe trimmed or, you know, whatever…..
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The Herald is in fine Tory form this (saturday mornin) John Armstrong has produced one of his more blatant pieces of one-eyed opinionating, claiming Labour are the living dead.
That hasn't gone down well with their readership who are about 10 to 1 saying the Herald poll Armstrong based his piece on has been shown over many elections to overestimate the national vote, usually by more than 5%.
I'm surprised the Herald published comments today. It isn't unusual for comments to be hold off from Fran O'Sullivan and John Armstrong's Saturday pieces until the following Tuesday or Wednesday, by which time of course 99% of those who are going to read it will already have done so.
Maybe the Electoral Commish has noticed I dunno, but one thing is for sure the like button has been left off the comments on Armstrong's piece, maybe he or the big bosses upstairs can't take the vast majority of readers disagreeing with his propaganda.I know this all seems very petty hardly worth commenting on, but it is important for us all to get a handle on how widespread and pervasive the National Party deceive the masses machine is.
This is no back-room conspiracy - it is so out there and obvious one has to assume that the perpetrators have become totally relaxed with their brainwashing, to the point where it is an accepted fact of life. Want to work in the media in New Zealand? Then say what you like as long as you support John Key. -
This is no back-room conspiracy - it is so out there and obvious one has to assume that the perpetrators have become totally relaxed with their brainwashing, to the point where it is an accepted fact of life. Want to work in the media in New Zealand? Then say what you like as long as you support John Key.
I've long since stopped buying papers and tuning in to one sided programmes. Consumers do have some clout in that advertisers need numbers- but so many of us seem not to notice the existence of the spin, it's a worry.
Thank goodness for the internet and this blog.There's really very little of merit as far as I can see in today's reports. Bryce Edwards was comprehensive yesterday. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11319671
The "Truth Please" link is interesting.
I had hoped there would be a major effort to make sense of and publish stories on more of the remaining e-mails, perhaps we'll see that tomorrow. -
I've long since stopped buying papers and tuning in to one sided programmes. Consumers do have some clout in that advertisers need numbers- but so many of us seem not to notice the existence of the spin, it's a worry.
I'm sorry but I believe we've got to go further than that. The removal of Paul (the creep) Henry from Breakfast only happened because a few of us serendipitously hit the same buttons at the same time. Anyone who believes there is some great 'leftie' conspiracy should study that instance where a lever moved a mountain almost by accident because for once a lot of people pushed the fulcrum in the same direction totally ignorant & independent of what everyone else was doing. We'd all just had enough.
Its late in the day, not reading the fishwraps or watching the celebrity gossip that passes for news isn't enough do do anything other than feel good. I apologise if that seems harsh because I mean no slight on you or your post, which I'm sure was made with the best intentions, I just mean we have to be better co-ordinated.Well organised and careful targeting of those enterprises that pay for this stuff by advertising on the shows or in the papers is the best method of forcing a halt to the dissemination of lies.
If KeyCorp scrape back in, it will be time to 'maintain the rage' by drawing attention to the enablers of subversion of our democracy.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
Well organised and careful targeting of those enterprises that pay for this stuff by advertising on the shows or in the papers is the best method of forcing a halt to the dissemination of lies.
The trick is to target the churnalists, without causing investigative journos like Toby Manhire et al to get caught up in it. Any ideas?
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