Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: ASA: Let's not talk about this

Mark Champion

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:44:41 +1300

I wonder if all this is a deliberate attempt by authority to keep status quo.
I have written to Internal Affairs about the charity Family First and potential donations coming from overseas but they fobbed me off like the ASA is to you.
We're playing against a stacked deck, its…

Alfie

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:34:39 +1200

Back when media took their role more seriously, or at least some were less blatantly partisan, ASA decisions seemed more sensible. As the whole post-truth world changed the media landscape the level and speed of misinformation has drastically increased. The ASA has failed to adapt.

By ducking for cover with…

Sacha

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:53:24 +1200

Workplace impairment is a feature of alcohol, so that can't be the distinguishing feature.

Craig Young

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:50:40 +1200

I think the problem here is libertarian orthodoxy in advertising regulation. It's also inconsistent. New Right apologists are often fond of raging against smoking advertisement bans as an infringement on free and commercial speech, because nicotine is a legal substance and its consequences are long-term harm. When it comes to…

Sacha

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:48:49 +1200

I think we have seen the limits of industry-centric regulators more than enough times now.

I'd like these important functions to become part of an officer of Parliament alongside the Privacy Commissioner – say, a Communications Commissioner who could also take over OIA matters from the Ombudsman.

David Chaloner

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:42:51 +1200

Troubling attitude and leads to the possibility that impartiality is absent in the deliberation (such as it was).

Joe Boden

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:09:39 +1200

Total bullshit response from ASA. What's the point of having an authority if they behave like this?

Public Address

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:09:39 +1200

Discussion from blog post.