Posts by Hebe
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OnPoint: The Source, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
So pretty your plague ditty.
Ministry of Severe Discontent? Ministry of Suffering Denizens?
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Hard News: Special Sources, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Keith's responsibility to protect his source. Claire's responsibility to protect hers, but if others find out, and it's newsworthy, they're free to publish it.
Exactly.
I would add that Ira Bailey -- and possibly Keith Ng -- knows the names of those who viewed his Linked In profile. That would be interesting. It would not prove anything, but....
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Hard News: Special Sources, in reply to Kate Newton,
I don't know if that's true; in fact, I think it would have played out the same way. Say it had been a Fairfax journalist who broke the original story - why would Claire hold back from investigating her tip-off about Ira? If leaking his name was a ploy by MSD/Bennett staffers to distract attention from the main issue, that motivation would still exist regardless of who first published the story.
Agree. And if Fairfax/the Herald had broken the story and Keith or Russell or another blogger had got hold of the name they might very well have published. It's how the news game goes.
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Must be from the Minister's office; isn't Linked-In's record of viewing a lovely thing? The coincidence of timing is truly amazing-- Ira Bailey's talk to MSD then later in the week two viewings by the minsterial staffer. Which staffer? The name will be available. And who was looking over their shoulder? Claire Trevett is doing what she calculates she has to do to keep her political/govt sources sweet.
Inept on all fronts; I guess they are all used to time-pressed journos with sources to lose. That's where unbeholden journalists like Keith Ng are invaluable. (I will not call him a blogger because MSM uses the term to devalue his credibility, thereby buying into the government spin.)
Brendan Boyle, I am inclined to believe, is more savvy than to knowingly tell an untruth when he knows the unmuzzled media (ie bloggers with good reputations) are hot on the case and not about to leave it alone.
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OnPoint: The Source, in reply to nzlemming,
Yeah I s'pose the fucking fuckers think we're fucked in the head whatever.
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OnPoint: The Source, in reply to Emma Hart,
Shush all of you. MSM are reading; it confirms all their worst theories. We want to be taken seriously, right?
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OnPoint: The Source, in reply to Emma Hart,
"You are a member of the ACT party, and I am going to have sex with you."
"You are a member of the ACT party, but I am going to have sex with you."
Different things.Both beastiality though.
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OnPoint: The Source, in reply to Ds,
BUT what about this from a stuff report
On Thursday, Bailey's Linkdin profile had been checked out by an adviser in Social Development Minister Paula Bennett's office, Ng said.Gotcha! Nice one Keith Ng.
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OnPoint: The Source, in reply to Emma Hart,
"You can take from that what you want to.''
reads to me like "no comment".
Reads to me like, "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."Reads to me like: "You're all bastards. Every single one of yous."
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to quist,
The implications get worse then...