Hard News: Saying Goodbye to The Independent
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It's a pity the valedictory editorial wasn't edited.
The verb form of injunction is enjoin.
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In the end its death was its depence on the scarce ad dollar.
Berryman sounds like a fascinating guy.
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In the end its death was its depence on the scarce ad dollar.
But surely, look after depence, ad dollars look after themselves?
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Sean Plunkett's just resigned from RNZ. It'll be interesting to see who replaces him on Morning Report.
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Chris Trotter, whose politics were rather different to those of the editors, was a longtime columnist.
And who couldn't love Trotter's terse reply to being asked why he was sleeping with the enemy: "They pay well, and I'm allowed to write what I want." Still, having flicked through his Indie columns -- and contrasted them with his more recent essays in red-flag red-neckery -- I've got to wonder if Berryman was something of a moderating influence. (After all, a good editor can think the argument of a column is utter crap but still make it the very best crap it can be.)
While Berryman deserves all the praise he gets for being a tell-the-truth-and-shame-the-devil investigative journo, his ability to detect and encourage talent can get lost.
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For once, I tend to agree with my namesake. Trotter is to the New Zealand left what the doddering entourage of Daily Telegraph sock con hacks who attack the Cameron administration are to the UK centre-right. He's strategically challenged and clueless.
There are times when I want to strangle him for his sheer utter quasi-marxoid fundamentalism and sectarianism. When you think about it, who better than to have as a 'left' commentator in a business periodical? Damn, I miss Bruce Jesson...
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Sean Plunkett's just resigned from RNZ.
Oh, really! Who is he off to bully and badger now?
There is that R. Brown fellow who could do great things on Morning Report.
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Sounds like a bloody awful job to me.
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There are times when I want to strangle him for his sheer utter quasi-marxoid fundamentalism and sectarianism. When you think about it, who better than to have as a 'left' commentator in a business periodical? Damn, I miss Bruce Jesson...
Am I not the only one to be reminded of the Peoples' Front of Judea?
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Oh, really! Who is he off to bully and badger now?
Well, Geoff, I've often said there's two Plunkets. The 'Too Much Coffee Too Early In The Morning' One who does "bully and badger" until I want to stick a pencil in my ears to make the pain stop. (Though I'm sure Checkpoint's Mary Wilson is going to continue the fine tradition of playing merry hell with my blood pressure with leading questions, editorialising and feral cluelessness where she doesn't get that barking the same question half-a-dozen times isn't going to elicit the desired response.)
But let's also give due credit to the Good Sean who let David Benson-Pope hang himself with a lethally sharp follow up to an outburst of accidental candour. That was a master-class in how good a tough interview can be when the interviewer is paying attention rather than just waiting for his turn to talk.
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Thank goodness a new post that gives us something new to talk about other than " hands caught in the jam jar" pollies
Or to take a meme common here "clean cut pollies who are being smeared" but have trouble remembering their own credit cards when they leave home
I look forward to the"war stories"
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It's possible for pollies to both misbehave and be smeared at the same time. I too welcome more topics more often - and I take it you're not a football fanatic either, Raymond.
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I agree with you, Craig. I think they need to find a a replacement Good Sean as Geoff Robinson is often just too Mr Softy-Pants. Might be good to have a stroppy woman there for a change.
Oh, will this end-of-semester essay marking ever end...!!!
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While I hate Plunkett's badgering sometimes, he is one of the only interviewers in NZ who can hold politicians to task. Hence why John Key refuses to be interviewed on Morning report
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Might be good to have a stroppy woman there for a change.
Kim Hill or Kath Ryan are the most obvious candidates.
Linda Clark is now with a law firm. Maggie Barry's about as hardline as Geoff Robinson. -
(Though I'm sure Checkpoint's Mary Wilson is going to continue the fine tradition of playing merry hell with my blood pressure with leading questions, editorialising and feral cluelessness where she doesn't get that barking the same question half-a-dozen times isn't going to elicit the desired response.)
I'm a fan. She generally asks the right questions, and sometimes it is necessary for an interviewer to repeatedly ask a question that's not being answered.
Chris Finlayson was using a media-training standby yesterday -- just ploughing on through his prepared line as a means of avoiding having to answer questions he didn't want to answer about the F&S deal -- and she kept right on him. That was good work.
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Yes, Wilson would be the perfect replacement for Plunket were it not for the fact that she's needed where she is.
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Yes, Wilson would be the perfect replacement for Plunket were it not for the fact that she's needed where she is.
I like her too. And I can't think of anyone else.
But if she's that grumpy at 5pm, at 6am she'll be strangling puppies and electrocuting bunnies between questions :) -
But if she's that grumpy at 5pm, at 6am she'll be strangling puppies and electrocuting bunnies between questions :)
As long as some of the more difficult interviewees know this before they take the air, I don't see what the problem is (except for the puppies and bunnies obviously).
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I like her too. And I can't think of anyone else.
But if she's that grumpy at 5pm, at 6am she'll be strangling puppies and electrocuting bunnies between questions :)ROFL
Whilst I take Russell's point that she's good a repeatedly asking the question, sometimes they have already answered the bloody question just not in the way that she wants them too. So I find myself agreeing with Craig R. She annoys the crap out of me.
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I like Mary too but then I like stroppy women
She has a way of just boring into the truth as does Sean
We need these people asking the hard questions for usAnd yes you are correct Sacha; a month of football or even rugby is way too much for me. I am tuning out till the semi-finals in both
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That seems a pretty sure way of tuning out New Zealand's participation in the cup. To me I confess the early stage is always the most exciting part. Everyone's in it, you get to discover new players and often to watch the best football.
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To me I confess the early stage is always the most exciting part. Everyone's in it, you get to discover new players and often to watch the best football.
South Korea played the most interesting football I've seen in this tournament so far. Precise, lightfooted, and assured.
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Aargh, this has turned into a sports thread too
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Join us, Sacha. Jooooooooooooooin usssssssssss...
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