It's that day again

International Speech Impediment Day?

Ar matey, sorry, I'm not about gettin' yer point. A perfect example of what, would that be now? When that item was draggin' itself onto the One News I 'ad to be tellin'…

But what the hell, maybe I might be able to add something of value.

One of the major issues facing journalism over the past 15 years…

Seems to me that a good proportion of the problems with accurate reporting of tech/science stuff could be boiled down to: most people working in journalism don't actually have a technical background, but have what for want of a better word we could refer…

Money quote: Do not under any circumstance employ anyone from TV. They do not know how to help you: they are the problem, and the reason we come to you instead. Concentrate on the ideas.

I strongly believe that blogging should be about more than taking umbrage at the "MSM", but really ...

Well, yes, but irony squared: Anyone remember what the second blog post from the political editor of the Herald was about?

For all us illiterate, factually-challenged psychotics out there, here's the headline…

But over at Sportsfreak we were hacked over the weekend by some Ghost61 creep (who is apparently well known). Embarrassing, time-wasting, annoying etc; it’s all sorted out now, but I do have a lot of sympathy for the…

Given that my sources tell me that that journalist responded to my post on the matter by dismissing me as "some nutter" ...I don't feel any compunction at the use of the word "ignorant".

That's right. He's not "some nutter". He's our nutter.

Given that my sources tell me that that…

What, you mean the same status as The Herald's elevation of Mike Moore and Jim Anderton trying to beat each other to death with their walking frames to real, live news?

Excellent point, given the not-so-much-a-meal-as-a-seven-course-banquet the Herald made of that ...

Writing any old cr*p in an blog comments thread hasn't (until now?) had the same status.

What, you mean the same status as The Herald's elevation of Mike Moore and Jim Anderton trying to beat each other to death with their walking frames to real, live news?

Going back to uni as a, ahem, mature student gives you a new perspective on such stuff. You say something like "When David Lange was…

If two people wrote letters to the editor (or, I think in this case, one person wrote a letter to the editor, and another person wrote a letter quoting the first), then it wouldn't be news.

Three words:

Slow

News

Day

"Ms. Itoh is one of them. Ms. Itoh, a homemaker in the central city of Nagoya, did not want her full name used because her husband still does not know. After cleaning the dinner dishes, she would spend her evenings buying and…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MediaDefender

If the internet was flooded with y'know... dozens at least... of people trashing on Zaoui, then that could be news.

Well, umm there are a few more than dozens over at NZ Hearld. I think there are 38 pages worth of opinion on there. But of course my time is too…

She's real and freaking out.

There are three Tonys at TVNZ. One does sport and got into some trouble some time ago on Radio Sport for likening the Williams sisters to apes.…

ok so what about Ask My Milfs and it's on C4, right?

So that's TV3's secret plan for Freeview ...

I'm with Robyn here. In context, what people are saying on the internet is news, in the same way that vox pops, polls and protests are news.

Meh. If two people wrote letters to the editor (or, I think in this case, one person wrote a letter to the editor,…

Having more older people on telly is a superb idea...

yeah, bring back JUDY BAILEY!!
I just want the news read, not a NILF ...

I wholeheartedly agree. As an "expert" whose phone number is in a few contacts lists, I've had many camera crews around over the years

Phew, so…

ok so what about Ask My Milfs and it's on C4, right? ;>

But if you're vox-popped or polled, or participate in a protest, you know you have a reasonable chance of being news. Writing any old cr*p in an blog comments thread hasn't (until now?) had the same status.

Can I quote you on that? ;-)

you wouldn't see "Old people discuss how Zaoui should be kicked out while drinking tea" as a headline.

That's exactly the sort of thing that scrolls across the bottom of the screen on The Chaser.

I'm with Robyn here. In context, what people are saying on the internet is news, in the same way that vox pops, polls and protests are news.

But if you're vox-popped or polled, or participate in a protest, you know you have a reasonable chance of being news. Writing any…

Anonymous internet posts often give us a conduit into what people think but are too scared to openly say.

That's a bit of a sad indictment on journalists. There's plenty of good stuff out there on the internet – good quality professional and amateur investigation which has ended up…

Not many people would be prepared to go on camera and say, "Ahmed Zaoui should go back to where he came from!" But such opinions do exist, whether they're expressed verbally, on the internet, or silently held as thoughts.

Anonymous internet posts often give us a conduit into what people…

It's called Ask Your Aunties and it's on Maori Television. Sorry to end your TV production career so brutally soon.

Damn murrays! It's all because of that treaty. Knew we shouldn't have signed it.

How many news reporters (Damian excluded) are smarter than a 5 year old?

Thanks for the compliment (if being called 'smarter than a 5 year old' is much to be proud of), but I'd argue that most journos I work with are pretty smart. Though it's probably fair to say…

and the unfortunate tendency for experienced journalists to bugger off to PR

Experience is not always an advantage, as the writer can reflect an ingrained view of a situation. I absolutely agree the standard of our NZ journalism is lower than it should be. However, I would council against confusing…

My 5 year old's class have a class wiki that they can all update from home.

That is such a great idea. And then I get all down again because it wouldn't work at my kids' decile three school, where about 80% of the kids have no home internet. It…

but how many 35 year olds don't know who Keith Holyoake is? Most of them, I'd wager.

I'm 35, I know who Keith Holyoake was, I also know that arachnids are spiders and have 4 pairs of legs, and that a comet is larger than a meteor. I am therefore…

It should (maybe?) be seen as something of an advance that journalists are actually USING blogs as a source of story ideas, quotes and so forth, rather than just doing stories ABOUT this 'brand-new' concept called blogging.

Only three years ago I was interviewed on the telly for a blog…

Having more older people on telly is a superb idea... it would spare us a lot of egg-sucking advice from early school leavers who came down in the last shower.

...leaving a 20 year old in their place, you could say they're actually less expert than many of us. When a journo doesn't know who David Lange is, for example, you might have cause to despair.

True, but how many 35 year olds don't know who Keith Holyoake is? Most…

Does anyone have a contact for nz on air? I gotta get dibs on it before some TVNZ reporter reads this and gives that Russell Brown credit for the idea.

It's called Ask Your Aunties and it's on Maori Television. Sorry to end your TV production career so brutally soon.

We could empanel a few nanas with a teapot and biscuits

Lovely turn of phrase :)

Kyle, I think you have just come up with a brilliant concept. We could empanel a few nanas with a teapot and biscuits and get some riveting television...

Does anyone have a contact for nz on air? I gotta get dibs on it before some TVNZ reporter reads this and…

My observation as a person who learned inter-webby things the hard way, a long time ago, is that the young person's "native understanding" of inter-webby is often…

"People talk a bunch of shit on the internet".

How does something being on the internet make it news, other than the fact that a reporter can access it from their desk?

I mean you wouldn't see "Old people discuss how…

and the unfortuate tendency for experienced journalists to bugger off to PR

Thats a whole interesting can of worms in itself there Russell – without wanting to get into a defence of PR – but why are experienced journos moving on (I assume usually for money) and why aren't media…

The item on Power Line was also worth noting for being worth reading. Time magazine's "blog of the year" has gone a…

You end up not so much commenting as explaining the story to them. Most of what you say turns up in the script and you're onscreen for about 15 seconds with a soundbite.

Yeah but I think in fairness that is part of the point of the interview, no? Otherwise…

Otherwise, you might confer status on that person by mistake, and then people would wonder about that, and the flimsy weave of media authority would unravel, and before you know it people would start wondering…

I wish there could be a little more research done so they could provide a balanced story. Checking facts and posting the correct attributions seem to be beyond some journalists.

Although they're getting better, newspapers can be very poor at attribution of online sources. It probably partly stems from the…

The problem is that this method of hacking the iPhone is now kind of outdated and the events of the last week showed that a…

Isn't it almost like quoting callers from talk back radio in a news report and attributing the quotes to the host or the radiostation.

Indeed it is, but the larger point (to my mind anyway) is that quoting talkback callers, or blog commentators, is incredibly lazy journalism. Both talkback and…

my interactions with reporters over the years suggest to me that it's actually just normal. With a few shining exceptions, reporters make mistakes and exhibit ignorance all the time, but we only notice this where we have personal knowledge or expertise.

True. It amazes me how often I read in…

oops I meant to say Toby – not Tony.

No, it is Tony, actually. I mistyped, but I've fixed it now.

Isn't it almost like quoting callers from talk back radio in a news report and attributing the quotes to the host or the radiostation.

Media and anyone else trying to pick the signal should know this but maybe it didn't suit the story they were pushing at the time.

Ironically Tony the reporter may now get more readers watching to see…

As to the technomological cluelessness, my interactions with reporters over the years suggest to me that it's actually just normal. With a few shining exceptions, reporters make mistakes and exhibit ignorance all…

And Greenspan rags on Bush for being too soft on Congress trying to rush appropriations bills through??? wtf is that guy on? I know Reserve Bank Chairmen are deliberately apolitical (within the…

Team,

Please make sure you take your lunch from the refrigerator HOME.

A salad was disposed to garbage can do to mold on food. Some molds can cause allergic reactions &/or respiratory problems.

Thanks

Bo Olivas

Here is the video.