Hard News: Reputation and remuneration
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Not on the web yet (in fact it’s just finishing the morning broadcast) but Mediawatch was rather interesting this morning on Sky City, former TVNZ & Mediaworks personalities and so on.
Funny to hear, for one, that someone who made some now infamous comments in defense of Paul Henry’s equally infamous outbursts at TVNZ, has now ended up on the other side of Hobson Street in a broadly similar role (although we only got a “no comment” from them on Mediawatch).
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
Yes, it was good investigative journalism. Henry came across as having zero integrity ( I doubt he knows what it is) but Aline Sandilands arguing that media high-flyers are not paid enough and thus have to prostitute themselves to corporates or advertisers....phtt!
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Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Aline Sandilands arguing that media high-flyers are not paid enough and thus have to prostitute themselves to corporates or advertisers….phtt!
To be honest, I found Aline Sandilands’ ethical compass a little suspect considering (IIRC) on her watch there were one or two questions around TVNZ “personalities” appearing in women’s magazines… and getting paid. Is it a good look for employees of a public broadcaster being beneficiaries of chequebook PR?
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
Not on the web yet (in fact it’s just finishing the morning broadcast) but Mediawatch was rather interesting this morning on Sky City, former TVNZ & Mediaworks personalities and so on.
And TV3's 60 Minutes has a big doco/exposé on the Sky City deal.
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Sacha, in reply to
Particularly admired Guyon Espiner not taking crap from Joyce about 'evidence' that didn't exist. If only that had happened more in the last few years.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Particularly admired Guyon Espiner not taking crap from Joyce about ‘evidence’ that didn’t exist. If only that had happened more in the last few years.
It was a fine bit of political interviewing in a very solid current affairs story. Would watch again.
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DexterX, in reply to
For TV Journalism the piece was excellent.
Emperor Rooten to the Core Joyce tripped over his own duplicity in attempting to give a crooked answer to a straight question.
It would have been hilarious excepting the consequences of "all this" will be dire.
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An other thing rotten to the core is this as regards ACC:
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/203833/acc-vip-claims-policy-under-fire
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3410,
An other thing rotten to the core is this as regards ACC:
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/203833/acc-vip-claims-policy-under-fire
This one's a shocker, isn't it? The implications are quite staggering.
Wouldn't be at all surprised if the CEO steps down soon.
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The whole concept of VIP's is abhorrent to me, especially so when related to peoples injuries, is one Vip bruised toe is equal to a "Pleb's" Gaping head wound?.
Another thing on my Radar is ThisShoe-box retailer debate heating up
A civic leader says he has support for his call for Auckland Council to stop the spread of shoe-box shops on Queen St.Cameron Brewer, a councillor and chairman of the council's business advisory panel, spoke out yesterday against the trend and said he had a lot of feedback.
"The council can't have it both ways - that is promise a 'world-class city centre,' while at the same time continuing to sign off these tacky little retail spaces," Brewer said.
Maybe this should be on the "Huawei" thread because I am smelling racism here.
Immigration New Zealand allows migrants to enter the country under its long-term business category but a spokesman said restrictions applied and these included showing a profit after two years and sometimes employing New Zealanders.
An initial nine-month work visa allows migrants to establish a business but they must show reasonable progress in getting established, the department says.
The man to turn to in these situations is Retail expert Robert Gibbs apparently.
Naples, Fla., which made changes to draw shoppers based on Gibbs' findings, saw the downtown grab 50 percent of the market share.
"They called me and said it's too busy, so we did things to dial it down to 30 percent," he said.
So, he has proved he can reduce the number of shoppers, cool.
Street parking, for example, boosts sales.
"Women like to see the front of the store from their car," Gibbs said. "Men will put up with lower levels of lighting. They will tolerate teenagers and scary-looking people. Women won't. They are more sensitive to the shopping environment."If businesses brought more families downtown, the number of homeless people or panhandlers would appear smaller, he observed.
I really don't know what to think there, apart from "I thought we were getting rid of street parking downtown?" and "Didn't we "get rid of" the homeless in time for the World Cup?"
The whole thing has the putrid smell of self righteous wingnuts about it and it seems All is not well in that neck of the woods.The Citizens & Ratepayers leader on Auckland Council, Christine Fletcher, reportedly threatened to resign during a heated internal wrangle among right-leaning councillors on Mayor Len Brown's $2.86 billion inner-city rail loop.
Mrs Fletcher stayed on as leader, but is now offside with some centre-right councillors for making "nasty, personal comments" against councillor and former Act MP Penny Webster at last Friday's adoption of the Auckland Plan.
I see the "Loop" is driving them "Loopy". I certainly don't envy the task of Mayor Len Brown, it must be like working at the Zoo but with less predictable animals.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
It was a fine bit of political interviewing in a very solid current affairs story. Would watch again.
I finally got round to actually watching the 60 Minutes story, and needless to say, I was tempted to have a shoot-the-TV moment when Prostetnic Vogon Joyce and the Sky City spokesman squirmed and expressed their usual denial. I look forward to Espiner doing a real Simon Walker moment.
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Warren Clark, in reply to
Prostetnic Vogon Joyce
I find that apt on many, many levels.
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Sacha, in reply to
"Women like to see the front of the store from their car," Gibbs said.
ah, Florida..
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Beware – the Poetry of Joyce.
See, see the insane cry
Marvel at the big black depth sky.
Tell me, Tell me, Tell me,
Oh hapless, tea-drinking ape like creatures
rate payer or tax payer, homeless tree dweller perhaps
Do you wonder why the Nightmare Browne, and
Key Man ignore you?
Why their foul stare or erstwhile grimace makes you feel cheated.
I tell you, it is that you may to account hold them,
to more than a worried handshake,
to more than a credit card smacked to the head.
A manipulation to vote.
Like rat salad to them, you are green and foul.
What's more, they know
Your razzle bottle smells of ferment and frog.
Everything under the big black sky is insane asking why,
why, why, why do you even bother?
To cast your future before Vogons who charm only curried favour.
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Would someone please up Dexter's meds?
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Sacha, in reply to
hey at least there was nothing about the surrealism of the underlying metaphor.
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Islander, in reply to
Would someone please up Dexter’s meds?
Aw. no - it was inventive creative selective adjective-rich eerrrm, response.
I kind of enjoyed it. -
I thought all Vogon poetry ended with "See if I won't" which seemed rather apt for our
Prostetnic, Joyce. -
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Sacha, in reply to
Interesting how the GST take (which affects poorer people regressively) was as predicted other than for Chch insurance payouts - so the increase there brought expected results. However cutting personal and business taxes for our Atlases failed. Good to see poorer NZers picking up the slack again. Thank goodness someone's competent.
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
However cutting personal and business taxes for our Atlases failed.
I wish you would stop referring to them as Atlases, however ironicly. It is Atlas's shoulders they stand on i.e the work of others that went before. When he does, eventually, shrug, they will all fall off.
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Sacha, in reply to
it works all too well given the ideology of the current mob of loons. Only 1% of the population would take it seriously.
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John Key said in parliament yesterday that there will, in fact, be less pokie machines in Sky City.
and that by the way, the number of gaming machines is going down, not up.
SkyCity to earn $42m a year in pokie deal
Goldman Sachs analyst Marcus Curley, who wrote the report, said the estimates were based on media reports of between 350 and 500 additional gaming machines.
In the house, no one can call you a liar.
Even dodgy Uncle Bob from Family Fist don't like it.
Family First opposes government’s Sky City deal – “too many poker machines” -
Sacha, in reply to
John Key said in parliament yesterday that there will, in fact, be less pokie machines in Sky City.
Less across the whole Auckland region, due to long-standing Council policies to reduce numbers in venues other than SkyCity. More in SkyCity.
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Patrick Gower explains why the govt won't allow a conscience vote on this matter.
Once MPs started canvassing their communities they would find most places are trying to get rid of pokies rather than put them back in.
All the MPs would be hit up by local licensing trusts complaining that pokie machine profits were being sucked out of communities and into the pockets of SkyCity's shareholders.
There would be a stream of people from community organisations complaining about potential funding losses.
Because SkyCity is already on a sweetheart deal - it pays just 2.5% of pokie takings into community grants, the other trusts are whacked with 37%.
And that's even before the people with issues about problem gambling come through the door.
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