The Herald Sun also reports he has been charged with child pornography offences after police ’seized footage of allegedly illegal sex acts’.

I was going to say that I couldn't find anything which lends weight to this being anything more than muck-raking by the Herald Sun, that prince among muck-rakers..…

What’s an objectionable film in Victoria?

We're not too different, although ours is somewhat more objectively defined:

__ A publication shall be deemed to be objectionable for the purposes of this Act if the publication promotes or supports, or tends to promote or support,—
(a) The exploitation of children, or…

Uh, couldn't "objectionable films" involve underage models?

Back to Somebody Think of the Children:

What’s an objectionable film in Victoria?

Well that probably comes down to individual opinion more than anything, but the Act defines it as one that:

1. describes, depicts, expresses or otherwise deals with matters of sex,…

Abby Winters was raided last year, and not for the first time.

Wikipedia:

In December 2009 CEO Garion Hall was charged by Victoria Police with 54 counts of making objectionable films for gain, and possessing a commercial quantity of objectionable films.

... which implies that the suspicion regarding production of…

Richard Freeman makes a statement on vorb (cycle blog) about how he's the victim after threatening to nail cyclist with his Black Hummer.
If he dropped the woe is me, it would have been a good apology.

http://www.vorb.org.nz/beware-the-black-hummer-dyers-pass-road-t102838-570.html

Ironically, Australia remains the base of the highy successful Abby Winters (SFW, it's the Wikipedia article), which specialises in young amateur models.

Abby Winters was raided last year, and not for the first time. (Contrary to initial reports, no-one was actually charged, and no equipment seized.) They are subject to…

Unfair. They had good stories on the cyclist wars in Chch, the power outage in Auckland, Robin Brooke and the dog massacre. So the HoS characterises their week like this:

"on a diet of bare breasts and big American cars."

I thought that too. And also that Close Up Mike…

those in the state sector

You're not thinking of bitchy emails, by any chance?
More journos writing stories about each other..

Ironically, Australia remains the base of the highy successful Abby Winters (SFW, it's the Wikipedia article), which specialises in young amateur models.

on a diet of bare breasts and big American cars.

"On the wins they've created this week ... the team will be enjoying a beer or three at our Christmas party," Audsley said.

Our laws ban material that encourages the sexual exploitation of children. If pornography involving only actresses aged 18+ encourages the sexual exploitation of children (for…

and since we somehow share our movie censorship/ratings with the Aussies

Not really true.

Films rated as unrestricted in Australia (G, PG, M) can have those ratings applied to their films in New Zealand by the labelling body (and for PG and M a descriptive note can be added: contains…

the Aussie censor now appears to require porn stars to have large breasts

More here: the ACB's response to the original story, and Fiona Patten's response to that response.

“All the publications that have been refused classification adhere to the very strict US laws that enforce model age verification in…

Right. Bed time. Feed the Nepenthe Family, the Axolotyl. and nextdoor's bloody Agapanthi.

Nightyra.

Sweetdreams (migh'as well leave at least one thread sweet...)

my 1/2/3 command,

Never search for Chuck Norris, he finds you.
Chucky dog.

Steve- WUFF!
(Bichons can be megayappers eh?)

(Skara Brae)

So what does Campbelllive feature? A strange story about dead dogs.

They don't...or they would watch it.

It's only a draw because it's " naughty". So make it not naughty.

What a bitter taste those words leave in my mouth, 8 years later.

I gave up on Campbell Live a long while back.

Would it have been around the time the lead story on the show was about how a bug got in someone's takeaway?

Seriously.

The most disturbing thing about this thread is the discovery that some people think that @seven was anything other than a puerile, painful, cringingly unfunny waste of space. I'd much rather have Simpsons re-runs: hell, even re-runs of Melody Rules would be better.

I agree Tom, and my own children…

Being able to interrupt your subject and get the conversation where you need it to go — ideally, without appearing rude — is a core skill of broadcast interviewing, for sure.

Or indeed, appearing nude.

Why? This isn't a bad thing to be – this is an awesome thing to be.

I guess I just heard the silent " ... in the circumstances ..."

Somewhere online there's a clip of Jeremy Paxman asking some Conservative politician the same question about 12 or 13 times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KHMO14KuJk

Imagine the eager jostling of cub reporters..

Jiggling and bouncing like puppies in a sack...?

I'll get my coat.

.. I had to ask 'Hey John, where did the politics go? You know, the stuff you were actually pretty good at?'

I ask him much the same, and yet he never replies.

I gave up on Campbell Live a long while back. It is painful to watch someone who is…

Bring back Carol!
[Insert chant here]

...Mr Goff said the lack of a challenger was "a recognition that the leadership team they have got in place is the best team that they could hope for"

Ouch.

Why? This isn't a bad thing to be – this is an awesome thing to be. Labour MPs and…

But Mr Goff said the lack of a challenger was "a recognition that the leadership team they have got in place is the best team that they could hope for"

Ouch.

@Steve

What gets me is the continuous "Think of the Children" waffle that people come up with about this sort of thing, hey, the kids they interviewed…

It was a bit more than a discussion. They have her walk down Queen St and encourage passers by to grope her.

I don't know why I'm being drawn into defending this. I said IMHO the Close Up story had no journalistic merit. At all. Although I thought the reporter's…

Well, if they didn't, Phil Goff for example, wouldn't come up for air for about twenty minutes...

Loved this quote from Phil Goff (stuff this morning):

But Mr Goff said the lack of a challenger was "a recognition that the leadership team they have got in place is the best…

I said "how's it going?" as we began the conversation, and watched four of my ten minutes being swallowed up with a list of his activities for the past fortnight... All I'd meant was "how are ya?"

I think we all know people like that. The amazing thing is how…

I don't know if anyone else agrees, but the real problem with Campbell Live is that it was initially billed as smart, relevant and substantive daily current affairs for people who were sick of having their intelligence insulted by Paul Holmes.

Aye. I liked what Campbell brought to the mid-show…

Is it more porn than a discussion with a clothed porn star about her breasts?

It was a bit more than a discussion. They have her walk down Queen St and encourage passers by to grope her.

Is a discussion with a porn star about anything automatically porn?

A discussion…

Oh god. Years ago at bFM, I went out to see Goff with a tape recorder, and made the mistake of putting the result to air. It went on half my life.

Years ago Jane Clifton warned me that if was interviewing Goff, I should "take a packed lunch".

I…

Somewhere online there's a clip of Jeremy Paxman asking some Conservative politician the same question about 12 or 13 times. Turns into absurdist theatre at that point.

Yes, and I'm sure Jeremy Paxman is still dining out on that clip. But let me ask you a question about Sean Plunket:…

The fact they showed breasts in the promo breaks kinda emphasises my point.

True. It did seem out of the ordinary.

It was the idea that bare breasts on a beach were somehow more "porn" than actual porn stars that got me.

It depends on the treatment, doesn't it? I mean, if Baywatch was done entirely topless, slow-mo shots 'n' all (and don't think I haven't suggested it), it would be…

This is where the interviewers skill and need to interrupt -

Being able to interrupt your subject and get the conversation where you need it to go — ideally, without appearing rude — is a core skill of broadcast interviewing, for sure.

which then raises all those "I hate the…

Still think it's preferable not to set yourself up for a tag-team mauling, thought it's an entirely fair point that you can't be edited into looking like a shifty moron if you do the interview live.

I recall some years ago when I somehow wound up talking about drug policy…

I hasten to add, I have no problem with breasts.

It was the idea that bare breasts on a beach were somehow more "porn" than actual porn stars that got me.

I think there are degrees of interrupting and times when it seems most called for (pollies, usually).

Somewhere online…

Ahhh Craig, so innocent...

Thanks, Damien — you are now my official Backup Mother. The money is shit, but the position keeps you busy and thre's much fun to be had, :) Still think it's preferable not to set yourself up for a tag-team mauling, thought it's an entirely fair…

A live interview can go fantastically wrong, that's for sure, but it's far safer for your average minister than a pre-recorded one.

Hadn't thought of it that way, but I'm persuaded. I think there are degrees of interrupting and times when it seems most called for (pollies, usually).

Do you…

I'd taser my minister for even contemplating the potential disaster of a live, in-studio panel. Better to agree to a pre-recorded one-on-one where you've got some control over the process.

Ahhh Craig, so innocent... A live interview can go fantastically wrong, that's for sure, but it's far safer for your…

Did anyone else get a horrible feeling they'd flicked to the Movie channel and District 9 II: The Haitian Incident while watching the news last night?

The UN asking illiterate (as the reporter kindly pointed…

This could spark a tabloid telly race to the bottom

How low could they eventually go?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-T7yPJVvXw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceegnWSENQ

Last year there was a whole run of cabinet minister no-shows. He could have got the opposition spokespeople on and had real discussions of the issues. But no, he had a little moan, skipped the topic and went on to something trivial.

To be fair, Hillary, that didn't start last…

This could spark a tabloid telly race to the bottom

I quite fancy a tabloid telly race to same.

bottom

but did you spot that one?

titter

Ah ha! I see what you did there...

Many many years ago my Grandmother belonged to the Dunedin Naturalists Field Club ... a group of what was then primarily little old ladies who would go and look at plants .... they used to titter and explain that they were naturalists, and not those other people ....

This could spark a tabloid telly race to the bottom

Why am I reminded of this classic clip from I'm Alan Patridge?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEwZ-1s9-SU

Actually his love of music sure comes out when he interviews bands like Them Crooked Vultures, and for that I applaud him.

Indeed, as evidenced by this…

(sort of half-way to becoming a naturalist).

I'd suggest half-way to becoming a human being.Hello! We all have tits. Some, bit bigger than others. :)

Let's see a week or two of the show before we declare its descent into utter tabloidism. I'd love to see Campbell do a Jon Stewart, but not holding my breath as all those writers would be expensive.

This started some time back, IMhO. So I might see if it…

Let's see a week or two of the show before we declare its descent into utter tabloidism. I'd love to see Campbell do a Jon…

John Campbell used to be an incisive journalist. Remember him exposing the Timberlands/PR story over a decade ago? Gripping stuff.

Or he could go the Jon Stewart way and do clever and witty. That would be a way to keep the @seven idea alive too.

Have to agree. He cannot…

Um, did you miss the bit where I linked to the BSA decision against Close Up for that duck shooting story?

I didn't, but as you know, NAKED BREASTS(!) gets much more attention than boring old duck shooting (which no one ever said was Key for Important 18-49 Auckland Demographic).

Meanwhile, staff at TV3’s summer show @7, which managed okay ratings during the hiatus, are quietly hoping they will be back on air in four months time, when Campbell Live gets the axe.

OMFG – no. It was perfectly enjoyable summer filler, as opposed to the squillionth re-run of a…

Me-oww!

ha, that was only half a dig :) The other half was merely saying that I'm Damian Christie on telly, on the radio, on the blog, wherever, and I often write about work and stuff, so a full declaration might not be as necessary as say, for example, an…

Despite the story being all about her tits, the pornstar kept her top on the entire time.

I still say that, despite her being clothed, the Chelsea Charms story was infinitely more prurient that last's night's Campbell bit.

And, like Steve, I had to laugh at all the "Well... if…

Also I use my real name.

Me-oww!

Really? And TV3s extended Boobs on Bikes coverage is about one man's push to try and have the pornography industry accepted into a prudish society?

I don't recall seeing it, but I imagine it was little better. However, you're the one aiming the…

1. Neither story has any journalistic merit.

2. Despite the story being all about her tits, the pornstar kept her top on the entire time.

(PS. D., if you're going perpetuate rumours about the demise of Cambell Live, mightn't a disclosure of interest be appropriate?) :)

Yeah fair call – I thought it kinda goes without saying, at least to the regular readers. Also I use my real name.

For the record: I used to…

And, to be fair, the bit with the council workers was actually quite a telling moment, vis-a-vis the tendencies of those with petty authority to use it to project their own moral judgements into areas in which they do not actually have any authority.

There is a worthwhile story there,…

How long can it go on?

As long as they keep outrating the opposition, I guess. First sign of a drop in numbers, and he'll be in a bit of trouble.

I once had a boss from across the ditch who criticised a story on fashion week for not having enough “norks”

That was the cameraman's fault... ;-)

The Campbell Live story may have had nude titties in it, but the story was about the frequent double-standards with respect to men's and women's toplessness, and one woman's challenging of that alleged inequity.

And, to be fair, the bit with the council workers was actually quite a telling moment,…

Of all the attention getters a woman being hasselled for being natural, unoffensive and acting legally is better than the great evil asian drivers ed scam of a few years ago. Of course those running it were…

sorry, thought you were implying that Close Up had stooped lower than Campbell Live, rather than a sea of exactly the sameness.

Farrier is on Nightline, not (as far as I know) Campbell Live.

The Campbell Live story may have had nude titties in it, but the story was about…

We, also, watch The Crowd Goes Wild.

http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/chelsea-s-itsy-and-bitsy-3007435

Perhaps on Close Up, which had the porn star with the world's biggest breasts last year

Saw David Farrier interview her, pretty sure it wasn't for Close Up.

Virtually every single sentence begins with "Now, look, I mean..." and the faces of most inteviewees display a mixture of embarrassment and mild…

Personally, I hope Campbell Live survives, but not if it's going to go all tits and arse – if I want porn, have no fear, I know where to get it.

Perhaps on Close Up, which had the porn star with the world's biggest breasts last year — a story…