Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM, and is that a good thing? https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383972#post383972 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383972#post383972 I realize that the PA conversation these days has moved to Twitter and other social media, but I just wanted to make a note of a complaint that I registered with Newshub today.

On the AM show today, Duncan Garner asked a planted question to Judith Collins. It was provided…

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2020 23:15:04 +1200 Shep Cheyenne https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383604#post383604 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383604#post383604 That explains how my RSA Facebook feed had a New Conservative slick ANZAC video appear a couple of days age.
FYI my RSA have also shared British National Party promo veterans videos, before disavowing racism and ending their feeds.

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:32:09 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383603#post383603 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383603#post383603 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:09:09 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383602#post383602 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=383602#post383602 Something everybody knew but some pretended not to: the level 4 lockdown was not the real reason Bauer shut down its NZ magazines.

Today they've shut down the Australian ones too. 70 staff made redundant.

A few apologies would be in order, I think (but don't expect).

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:29:49 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382801#post382801 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382801#post382801 The Harold goes all Trump..

"The tax form showed that in 2017, Chick-fil-A donated $US2500 ($3700) to a controversial left-wing "anti-hate" watchdog that has been accused of smearing Christians and other conservatives with false charges of bigotry.


Chick-fil-A's donation to the Southern Poverty Law Centre has drawn criticism because the…

]]> Fri, 29 Nov 2019 18:56:08 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382715#post382715 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382715#post382715 Maybe the Commerce Commission could look into unbundling NZME.

If they wait another few years there won't be much left.

]]> Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:01:15 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382714#post382714 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382714#post382714 Just a quick note (because I'm not on Twitter) re- Hosking's column today.

When it was pointed out (by Russell, Chloe Swarbrick, and anyone else who has been awake, ever) that Hosking's rant about clean needles was factually incorrect, the piece got changed.

No apology from Hosking. As always. And…

]]> Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:13:19 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382713#post382713 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382713#post382713 As individuals we play our small parts. I haven’t visited the Herald since they put up the paywall, not because of the charges but because I refuse to put even a single cent into the pockets of their cabal of offensive pundits. I will not listen to any radio station… ]]> Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:38:18 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382712#post382712 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382712#post382712 I couldn't agree more Ian. The last couple of days have been good for us serious news junkies. Finally the right wing pretenders on both sides of the Atlantic are both being unmasked in public.

Johnson is going down trailing the most spectacular, Bullingdon-coloured flames. "Bring on the pig!" And…

]]> Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:58:49 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382711#post382711 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382711#post382711 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:52:18 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382640#post382640 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382640#post382640 Here is a link to Russell’s Internet of things articles.
...and not one mention of Moore's Law – that is restraint.
;- )

]]> Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:42:16 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382639#post382639 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382639#post382639 re: Dropping the ball…
I note above one of the perils of employing older caption subs at Stuff
– a screen shot from a recent Aldous Harding story

Forgive them, for they know too much…
;- )

]]> Sat, 17 Aug 2019 13:31:44 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382634#post382634 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382634#post382634 In the aftermath of the mosque massacre, Stuff reviewed its comments policy, and made some changes, mostly positive in my view. The trolling went down, the moderating got stronger, and it became much less of a platform for unchallenged bigotry.

It appears that was only temporary. The sewer of Stuff…

]]> Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:35:15 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382513#post382513 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382513#post382513 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:41:22 +1200 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382510#post382510 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382510#post382510 For The Whinny!

If only it were more “Hair!” and less “Harrumph!”

]]> Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:08:32 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382508#post382508 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382508#post382508 organise a public meeting
Ah but the painted ponies who front the cesspool/crocodile pit that is the remains of public broadcasting may not be able to schedule it into their lifes. Poor luvs!
We're in freefall now, and some one packed up the safety nets.
How high can we bounce…

]]> Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:11:33 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382506#post382506 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382506#post382506 bloody fix this

Raising the dead is a thankless task, anyway they cant walk on water, colour similarity or no.

]]> Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:04:20 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382477#post382477 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382477#post382477 It’s called a poll. It isn’t a poll. It’s a lie. And it’s not good enough.
I suspect the powers that be at TV3 think 'polling' is just cutting horns off
– they don't want sheep or cows that can think or fight back...

]]> Sat, 22 Jun 2019 07:20:34 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382393#post382393 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382393#post382393 Newshub (AM Show) are at it again.

Previously a complaint was upheld against Newshub for their fake poll. They admitted it was rigged – they got spammed.

Response: "As a result of this complaint the MediaWorks digital team is auditing the polling application."

So today there's another "poll" and guess…

]]> Fri, 31 May 2019 11:24:33 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382375#post382375 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382375#post382375 I can’t see strapped media organisations turning up their noses at free stories.

I can. You may have noticed in Australia recently that large chunks of the media became very explicitly partisan. There is no free anything that they would publish unless it suited their agenda (and in many cases…

]]> Tue, 28 May 2019 08:09:15 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382372#post382372 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382372#post382372 story about it notes they already share content with a range of other publishers. I can’t see strapped media organisations turning up their noses at free stories. ]]> Mon, 27 May 2019 19:58:35 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382370#post382370 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382370#post382370 Interesting initiative announced today:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/112982552/new-public-media-fund-to-boost-regional-news-coverage
The $1 million of public money being tipped into a pilot scheme to hire more reporters to cover local news around the country won't save media as we've known it, but it's a start.
These reporters will go into places where the local newspaper is…

]]> Mon, 27 May 2019 13:54:24 +1200 Trevor Nicholls https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382156#post382156 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382156#post382156 Thu, 02 May 2019 14:19:53 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382155#post382155 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382155#post382155 World News Day everybody! ]]> Thu, 02 May 2019 13:08:36 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382101#post382101 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382101#post382101 Herald goes subscription next week, at $5 per week. Existing print subscribers to the Herald, "Northern Advocate" and four other regional titles will receive free access. ]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2019 14:54:05 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382044#post382044 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382044#post382044 the same Katie Hopkins being a commentator on Newstalk ZB,

That was a plain lazy news item. Kate H had a snark at Jacinda on Twitter re her wearing a hijjab after the CHCH attacks in light of what happened in Sri Lanka. As if thats news!
And as for…

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2019 22:28:52 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382043#post382043 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382043#post382043 The NZ Listener (and its German owners) don’t seem to be giving the current Govt or PM Jacinda Ardern much love or coverage I note.
The Nats got plenty of covers and interviews and profiles during their Reign of Error but not so much for the Coalition…
I wonder why…

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:19:12 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382042#post382042 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382042#post382042 Currently lead story on Herald/NZME website: Katie Hopkins being typically obnoxious about the massacres in Sri Lanka, with swipes at Ardern and various others.

Not included in story: any reference to the same Katie Hopkins being a commentator on Newstalk ZB, AKA the Herald/NZME.

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2019 16:59:56 +1200 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382041#post382041 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382041#post382041 Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:43:51 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382017#post382017 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382017#post382017 Some remedy ideas before going down the regulation of the Internet roadway: Education, thoughtful well designed education for children to prepare them to understand the digital environment. And especially that the big social media platforms are not all the internet is. There is quite a bit of education policy work… ]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2019 23:15:58 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382016#post382016 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382016#post382016 Russell Brown has written a good article for the Spinoff.
This near the end
We’ve got to engage in a conversation about what sort of society we want

We had better start working on a way to do this where there is none of the stratification now at epidemic proportions…

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2019 23:12:51 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382007#post382007 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382007#post382007 , a good teacher will encourage creativity and originality,

Im not sure what to make of Rosemary McLeod and Morgan Begg applying the school teacher metaphor. They talk big ideas tho the application of them misses the serious of the issues, and why criticism of these people is relevant.
Faux…

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:26:33 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382006#post382006 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=382006#post382006 Today "Let's Talk" about Israel Folau.

And yes, they are saying exactly what you know they are saying, with exactly the same words, you don't need to spend a moment guessing. Bingo card filled before you start.

In a primary school classroom, a good teacher will encourage creativity and originality,…

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:12:51 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=381991#post381991 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=381991#post381991 their new feature, “Let’s Talk”.
'Let's Stalk' surely?

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:24:50 +1200 Trevor Nicholls https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=381990#post381990 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=381990#post381990 Yep Soimon would be such an improvement.

In other news it seems that the RWTH have decided that there's no mileage arguing that Jacinda is useless any more, so the latest talking point is that she's too big for NZ. Yeah, good luck with that.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:07:35 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=381989#post381989 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=381989#post381989 Stuff Comments Update:

Good news ... they've drastically cut back on the troll harvest.

Bad news ... the idiots have now migrated to the Herald/NZME and their new feature, "Let's Talk". Sample contribution (today):

Jacinda Ardern should improve her dress sense and her diction. Pronounce our English words correctly, please.…

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:56:56 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380061#post380061 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380061#post380061 Show pony politician parades the baby, more soft media coverage, magazine photo shoots, does this lightweight leader ever do any real work?

(assorted Nat-hacks and "commentators" delete all their previous tweets ...)

]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2018 13:37:42 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380027#post380027 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380027#post380027 Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:00:46 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380026#post380026 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380026#post380026 Another innovation from The Herald
Text under headlines and photos doesn't have to relate to the story indicated.

]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2018 22:28:12 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380021#post380021 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380021#post380021 The Herald is also good with names of well known politicians... ]]> Sat, 25 Aug 2018 16:08:17 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380018#post380018 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=380018#post380018 Sat, 25 Aug 2018 13:27:23 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379556#post379556 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379556#post379556 re- the PM's baby

RNZ's Mediawatch (9m)

]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2018 16:32:39 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379555#post379555 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379555#post379555 One of the craziest media takes (not least on dear old Stuff comments) re- the PM's baby is that we've endured "saturation coverage", "being rammed down our throats", etc. Here's a reality check:

Precisely zero minutes have been added to the 6 pm news bulletins, or any other prime time…

]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2018 13:44:14 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379500#post379500 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379500#post379500 Stuff then started deleting the abusive comments faster than the trolls could type.

"Stuff then started emptying the bucket faster than the hard-working kiwis could vomit into it"?

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:59:25 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379499#post379499 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=379499#post379499 Latest from the crazy world of Stuff comments:

A story on the PM giving birth was opened up for comments, and the bitter and twisted duly turned up. Controversial socialist statements like "Wishing mother and baby all the best" would get downvoted by the voices of Common Sense. The birth…

]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:31:16 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378869#post378869 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378869#post378869 A nice piece by Philip Matthews looking back on past Press editorial stances:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/102782748/broadsheets-and-blunders-in-defence-of-getting-it-wrong

]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2018 12:37:20 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378780#post378780 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378780#post378780 The Herald it seems likes to employ ‘writers’ who don’t know standard English – I note Ms Hill Cone quotes verbatim from Kim Knight’s ’Canvas’ piece on Clarke Gayford, without bothering to correct the obvious mistake (nor did any ‘subs’ in the chain):
"…He grew up tying his own lures,…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:56:38 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378771#post378771 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378771#post378771 The Press changes to the new paper-saving format on Monday April 30. ]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:22:42 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378770#post378770 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378770#post378770 Kiwis divided
Heather du Plessis Allan and Deborah Hill Cone, that renowned tag team of the 'look at me, look at me' squad, hardly constitute a serious critique of anything.
Both have made interesting choices in their partners as well, but I'm sure they wouldn't want that looked at too…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:21:10 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378768#post378768 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378768#post378768 Leading your Herald "news": Kiwis divided!

Tomorrow: Herald reports on the NZ Lunar Science Conference: a noisy guy in a funny hat said the moon was made of cheese, and everyone else pointed out that it's not. So, Kiwis divided, again!

]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:10:34 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378556#post378556 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378556#post378556 Stuff should bloody well be explaining why they do it.
Kinda like this 'balanced piece' from Tracy Watkins:
Govt needs to bridge Simon's well-built cross – (or something like that):
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/102898022/govt-needs-to-cross-simons-wellbuilt-bridge
...they closed comments on this after 3 hours and a mere 35 comments – why bother?

]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2018 12:44:35 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378555#post378555 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378555#post378555 Does anyone know when The Press is going tabloid format/size?
All I can find is a vague 'mid 2018'.

]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2018 11:10:27 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378551#post378551 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378551#post378551 The poison is posted (some of it vile), and then deleted (moderation seems to be random, and certainly late). And then suddenly – the piece is no longer open for comments at all (not just closed, the comments simply disappear, as if they were never there).

Stuff have done it…

]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:41:16 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378301#post378301 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378301#post378301 Ive tried pulling out the iPhone, instead of a cigarette, but it’s unsatisfactory.
There's an app for that. Well, sort of.
He’s dyslexic, and he knows that this big public display of news paper reading, is theatre.
I once saw a woman in an outdoor cafe drawing in a sketchbook.…

]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2018 09:37:50 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378297#post378297 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378297#post378297 (Stuff front page today)

Some things don't come easy once you realise you're a wanker.

]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:02:58 +1300 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378283#post378283 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378283#post378283 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:02:46 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378282#post378282 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378282#post378282 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:51:37 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378281#post378281 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378281#post378281 what on earth is the point of this policy?

sellable attention.
#clicks

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:41:59 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378280#post378280 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378280#post378280 The last few days have shown that Stuff.co.nz continues to have an identity crisis.

On the home page there are links to a number of in-depth stories, and they stay up for a long time. There is coverage of the sugar tax issue, of #MeToo, of the NZDF, etc. This…

]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:40:28 +1300 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378191#post378191 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378191#post378191 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:57:27 +1300 Isla T https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378188#post378188 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378188#post378188 There’s a handy looking plugin to deal with the NZ Herald, telling you the origin of every story, and answering clickbait-y questions. it’s called Herald Syndication Snoop:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/herald-syndication-snoop/dkbbfnamapdlcjfmbmpobgnbhgdffdjh?hl=en

Would be great to see one for stuff too.

]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:50:10 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378185#post378185 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378185#post378185 More laughable journalistic spelling in this Stuff story:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/101711823/using-santa-to-market-cocacola-a-nogo-advertising-watchdog-rules
Coca-Cola has been banned from using Santa Clause to promote its fizzy drinks to children.
Healthy Auckland Together, a coalition of 21 public health organisations, complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about a Coca-Cola billboard showing Santa holding up **a…

]]> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:59:08 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378180#post378180 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378180#post378180 ...and then there's this – showing how up to date Stuff's international coverage is:
How hard would it be to change the old 'florida nightclub shootings' to 'school shootings '
– and who cares about the US 2016 elections now ...
and to put an apostrophe in that 'donald trumps…

]]> Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:54:08 +1300 JWT1 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378173#post378173 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378173#post378173 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:29:08 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378169#post378169 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378169#post378169 Probably just as well as they seem to think that a story about film piracy in Australia belongs in the Chch 'Rebuild' section of The Press website.!!!

The Herald ain't much better. Anything south of Pokeno seems to qualify as the South Island to their highly trained team.

]]> Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:23:00 +1300 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378155#post378155 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378155#post378155 One of the (many) things that shits me about both Stuff and NZ herald is the "Australianisation" of what constitutes "local" news...

A lot of the "small" stories about some cat up a tree or a shop assistant that was insulted are in Sydney or Melbourne. FFS. No-one in NZ…

]]> Wed, 21 Feb 2018 22:53:42 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378154#post378154 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378154#post378154 The Aussie Fairfax parent company is making good on its retrenchment in the NZ operation:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/101632830/stuff-outlines-newspaper-closures-as-part-of-shift-to-digital

Probably just as well as they seem to think that a story about film piracy in Australia belongs in the Chch 'Rebuild' section of The Press website.!!! (above)

and if you go their 'National'…

]]> Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:45:14 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378144#post378144 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378144#post378144 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/101561537/primary-pupils-maths-skills-dropping-alarmingly-report-finds
Hah!

]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:45:10 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378141#post378141 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378141#post378141 you are what you eat...
The widening of their product base seems to be an ethical problem for Stuff (the ad sales and news packaging corporation formerly known as Fairfax NZ) – their Events operation brought over the Night Noodle Markets concept from their Australian parent company – and their…

]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:14:37 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378138#post378138 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378138#post378138 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:19:35 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378137#post378137 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378137#post378137 "Maths skills dropping alarmingly", says Stuff website.

The story right next to it is the latest TVNZ poll:

"In Parliament the numbers give Labour, NZ First and the Greens 59 seats while National and its one extra seat from ACT leader David Seymour would hold 55 seats."

Alarmed.

]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:40:40 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378123#post378123 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=378123#post378123 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:45:14 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377825#post377825 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377825#post377825 FFS.
The “Don’t Eat on a Plane” story came from Bloomberg, and is based on the quack beliefs of Melissa Biggs Bradley, who “founded luxury travel firm Indagare” (we are told, as if it is relevant), but who appears to have no medical or dietary expertise whatsoever.
"I eat nothing…

]]> Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:42:23 +1300 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377824#post377824 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377824#post377824 Sun, 24 Dec 2017 16:45:10 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377790#post377790 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377790#post377790 Metric... Imperial...
NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation, according to a review
https://edition.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/

]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2017 10:15:14 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377789#post377789 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377789#post377789 Metres... miles... easy to confuse, eh.

It's around 80km to the West Coast as the crow flies. From a 100m viewpoint you can see around 36km so the only sea view you're likely to find in QT would entail standing on the top of an 500m+ tower block. And there…

]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:36:08 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377786#post377786 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377786#post377786 Maybe Queenstown is within a 100 miles of the sea...
;- )

]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2017 08:47:37 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377785#post377785 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=377785#post377785 Stuff is running a story about the premiums people pay to live within 100m of a beach. Apparently some Queenstowners pay 31.62% more for those sea views. Really?

Sorry Susan Edmunds... but that's a fail.

]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2017 08:00:19 +1300 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373925#post373925 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373925#post373925 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:31:49 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373894#post373894 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373894#post373894 their annoying penchant for ‘doubling down’ on stories

Ex-RNZ digital guru Richard Hulse mentions that in his thorough and geeky review of the new site.

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:17:30 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373893#post373893 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373893#post373893 It's pretty easy to redirect those types of links while users adapt to a new site, but the Herald haven't bothered.

I believe they'll be progressively importing their massive archive of content to the new CMS system they're using, is all.

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:14:34 +1200 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373892#post373892 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373892#post373892 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:38:53 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373891#post373891 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373891#post373891 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:22:39 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373888#post373888 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373888#post373888 The new NZ Herald site is clunky

Clunky... yes. Another description would be horrible. Not only have many older stories magically vanished, but they've broken handy links such as the one I used to view Steve Braunias' stories. It's pretty easy to redirect those types of links while users adapt…

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:49:24 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373882#post373882 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373882#post373882 plus plonk…
The new NZ Herald site is clunky – they’ve hidden the links to the regional papers off to the side, (no link on their NZME network box at the bottom either) and I note the Hawke’s Bay Today page has a lot less stories on offer – with…

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:11:11 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373881#post373881 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373881#post373881 plonkers...
'in vino veritas' perhaps

I see they've fixed that link box now – but in keeping with the general ethos of 'can't be bothered' they haven't fixed it in the story!
...but I honestly don’t believe the route to wellbeing is through depravation and that a physical-only focus gives…

]]> Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:05:02 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373866#post373866 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373866#post373866 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:00:25 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373560#post373560 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373560#post373560 Even RadioNZ is not immune :
It is the first time two New Zealanders have shared the winners' podium since Bruce McLaren and Bruce Amon's triumph in 1966.

Is your name not Bruce then ?
No, It's Chris.
Mind if we call you Bruce to save confusion ?

]]> Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:07:31 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373388#post373388 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373388#post373388 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 18:22:40 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373131#post373131 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373131#post373131 further screening around the country, especially in those cinemas which feature in the film

that would be very cool

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:33:48 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373127#post373127 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373127#post373127 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:07:47 +1200 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373106#post373106 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373106#post373106 Many thanks, Ian. I obviously left off the important bit. I am a bit of twit sometimes!
I am exploring the possibly of further screening around the country, especially in those cinemas which feature in the film.

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:16:31 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373098#post373098 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373098#post373098 ...and its name is:
The Reel People of New Zealand
see:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1705/S00095/fulbright-scholars-film-selected-for-prestigious-festival.htm
and
http://docedge.nz/film/the-reel-people-of-new-zealand/

sadly the documentary festival does not venture beyond the North Island

]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2017 07:29:53 +1200 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373090#post373090 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373090#post373090 I can't seem to find a suitable thread so I will post this naked promotion here:

Auckland folk may be interested in catching a film I co-produced, screening as part of Doc Edge Auckland this Friday at Q Theatre (in Shorts 2, 2.30pm June 2). I will probably do a…

]]> Wed, 31 May 2017 20:28:10 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373061#post373061 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373061#post373061 testing a new site design.
The beta seems to have subsumed the original – as I can no longer get anything but the stark beta.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2017 07:05:10 +1200 kw https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373051#post373051 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=373051#post373051 Tue, 30 May 2017 19:34:49 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372983#post372983 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372983#post372983 Mon, 29 May 2017 13:22:26 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372952#post372952 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372952#post372952 new site design. I'm not sure about the huge LHS nav bar taking up a quarter of the screen. It's apparently designed primarily for mobiles. ]]> Wed, 24 May 2017 19:38:47 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372903#post372903 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372903#post372903 Thu, 18 May 2017 16:43:34 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372730#post372730 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372730#post372730 According to The Press we still have a law against 'blashpemy'!!
God save us...

]]> Wed, 10 May 2017 08:02:05 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372570#post372570 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372570#post372570 Mon, 01 May 2017 21:43:23 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372332#post372332 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=372332#post372332 Another Stuff-up from one of our biggest media outlets. This glaring typo is on Stuff's front page right now. And the same error is repeated throughout the story.

Memo to Fairfax subs... the word is "Parapente" — para refers to anything related to parachutes, and pente is the French for…

]]> Sat, 22 Apr 2017 11:22:20 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370396#post370396 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370396#post370396 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:32:27 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370392#post370392 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370392#post370392 To be fair he’s been through an ordeal recently, but it’s indisputable that things have gone to the dogs when only the most pronounced error in a given paragraph now merits inclusion on The End of MSM thread:

Jackson’s likely to be joined by his former Alliance colleague Laila Haare, who…

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:13:24 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370381#post370381 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370381#post370381 Barry Soper really is losing it...
...Jackson's likely to be joined by his former Alliance colleague Laila Haare...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11796352

How hard can it be to get a public figure's name right?
Especially when written by a longtime so-called 'political reporter'...
To not even check it, let alone it getting…

]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2017 09:07:27 +1300 Jarno van der Linden https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370280#post370280 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370280#post370280 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 13:49:21 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370264#post370264 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370264#post370264 TV One News invented a new word last night 'expediate' !
(in lieu of expedite)

You're too kind.

]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2017 09:05:29 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370262#post370262 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370262#post370262 TV One News invented a new word last night 'expediate' !
(in lieu of expedite)

Matt Nippert's Herald story on Thiel's profitable (for him) VIF partnered deal has Thiel becoming a 'New Zeander'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11794020

and the Herald's Leader writer can't even spell Barack Obama's name (Barrack)!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11794315

Small blows against…

]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2017 08:11:09 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370222#post370222 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370222#post370222 Sheppard's delight...
Even when ya let them know not to propagate 'alternative facts' (or surname spellings) they still only fix half of them – seemingly Fairfax cannot afford 'find-and-replace' functions on their computers...

Here's hoping a second comment will get through to them before the day is out.
(I'm…

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:27:53 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370221#post370221 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370221#post370221 ’Women are marching because the world really is becoming a scarier place for them’ – he really hammers… ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2017 07:22:39 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370164#post370164 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370164#post370164 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:26:34 +1300 Jarno van der Linden https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370163#post370163 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370163#post370163 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:22:56 +1300 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370128#post370128 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370128#post370128 Sat, 28 Jan 2017 11:54:00 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370082#post370082 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370082#post370082 singing a memorandum of understanding...
... of course Labour has pedigree here (sort of)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAUlratIfKs

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:29:21 +1300 Susan Snowdon https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370076#post370076 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370076#post370076 The Green Party and Labour are in a more formal relationship after singing a memorandum of understanding

Thanks Herald. This I want to hear.

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:01:57 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370056#post370056 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=370056#post370056 Stuff appear to be channelling John Key’s accent here. Or maybe it's English's Southland drawl?

Benfits. Right.

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:24:47 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369983#post369983 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369983#post369983 Now the link text is corrected as "Catamaran dad's court no-show", though the headline still appears to refer to a daughter called Alan:
Man who sailed across Tasman Sea with daughter, Alan Langdon, a no show at Te Awamutu District Court

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:51:19 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369982#post369982 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369982#post369982 This clunker is on their front page at the moment.
Rather than get an ‘a & r’ man on the job, they’ve changed it to ‘boat man's’….

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:46:11 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369980#post369980 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369980#post369980 front page at the moment. ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:23:06 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369841#post369841 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369841#post369841 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 20:39:45 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369818#post369818 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369818#post369818 NZ Herald site travels a day forward with their cartoon roundup today (the 21st) as well as inventing a new ’sheepish’ sounding date the 22th!! ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:29:52 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369423#post369423 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369423#post369423 Note also the headline’s victim-blaming femme fatale reference
(“crash” should presumably have been added).

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:06:07 +1300 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369422#post369422 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369422#post369422 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 17:50:29 +1300 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369301#post369301 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=369301#post369301 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 10:24:36 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368730#post368730 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368730#post368730 While most of our MSM are off chasing clickbait, RNZ still provides a glimmer of light at the end of an increasingly long and dark tunnel. My apologies if someone has posted this in another thread but I can’t find it anywhere.

I’m referring to RNZ’s excellent work in exposing…

]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:51:32 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368561#post368561 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368561#post368561 http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/86782357/editors-tell-the-commerce-commission-declining-media-merger-is-wrong
These editors make much of "the communities we serve" yet I've noticed Fairfax's coverage of major events in Chchch has dropped away unless they sponsor it or it is a Fairfax Media Events event – it's a 'community of interest' they serve not actually all the people that make…

]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2016 09:39:44 +1300 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368011#post368011 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368011#post368011 news related to the earthquakes. ]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:00:41 +1300 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368010#post368010 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=368010#post368010 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:56:20 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367988#post367988 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367988#post367988 Earthquake causes breakdown (or shake up) of English language!
Well so it seems in Steve Braunias's Earthquake report via the NZ Herald subs:
... the human spirit is indominitable and forever reaches for hope...
I'd be reaching for a dictionary as well!

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:44:47 +1300 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367701#post367701 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367701#post367701 I think I could potentially tolerate the replacement if it's actually modeled The Project, if only because comedians can often be more insightful than modern presenters. Their ability to satarise can be entertaining and also offer perspectives on any issue that any viewer mightn't have thought about.

It's hard to…

]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2016 13:02:32 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367694#post367694 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367694#post367694 Stockholm syndrome?
Joanna Norris (Fairfax South Island editor-in-chief) apparently believes journalism is imperilled by there not being a media monopoly.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/86230976/preventing-a-media-merger-would-imperil-journalism

]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:24:46 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367668#post367668 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367668#post367668 TV3 is set to dump Story. The "smart, fun and thought-provoking show that will lead the way in daily current affairs" was exactly none of those things.

It's time to prepare your bingo card for its replacement, and the promos: expect "edgy", "fearless" and "thinking outside the box".

I wouldn't…

]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:36:29 +1300 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367634#post367634 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=367634#post367634 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:46:00 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366874#post366874 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366874#post366874 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:21:11 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366872#post366872 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366872#post366872 Dickey said the Court would heard from nearly a dozen former staffers…”
– should be ‘hear’.
Or 'had heard' (more common error, resulting from ambiguous 'd being wrongly expanded).

]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:10:46 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366869#post366869 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366869#post366869 I tried sending this email to Matt Nippert today, via the Herald's internal email form on his profile page – but their 'proof that I'm not a robot' interface doesn't show the letters to enter – thereafter it refused to load at all – trés helpful.

Does anyone have a…

]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:43:27 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366782#post366782 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366782#post366782 Failure to inform...
The new paradigm at Fairfax no longer serves the best interests of the citizens of Chchch – Since Fairfax Events became a 'thing' The Press has been noticeably parsimonious about informing their readers about important local events that either aren't under their wing or don't advertise with…

]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:42:04 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366550#post366550 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366550#post366550 The Herald should stay away from these difficult words.

Heck, they are crap at the simple words too – Barry Soper and his enabling substandard subs deliver in The NZ Herald again today:
Former Trade Minister Tim Groser, whose now on the Washington cocktail circuit,...
It's 'who is' or 'who's' Barry,…

]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:50:20 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366471#post366471 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366471#post366471 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:21:44 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366362#post366362 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366362#post366362 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:03:04 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366355#post366355 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366355#post366355 filter feeders?
Looks like someone at The Herald is living in the past – or Carter just isn’t making an impression as Speaker….
…judging by this Politics link to the story below!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11709851

]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:54:07 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366354#post366354 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366354#post366354 'death by elocution"
...what dotted eyes you have grammar!
:- )

]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:07:16 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366339#post366339 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366339#post366339 "You vill listen!"
This one is pretty crap, even by Herald standards.

]]> Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:03:41 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366039#post366039 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366039#post366039 The Herald stays consistent.
So they are not even using a basic spell-check program...

I see a mention of a Standford University in today's Stuff pages...

]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:56:41 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366036#post366036 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=366036#post366036 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 07:44:04 +1200 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365854#post365854 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365854#post365854 addition – how hard is that?

News stories don't need additors checking them these days.

]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2016 08:41:06 +1200 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365852#post365852 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365852#post365852 Stuff's attitude to that entire story has been driving me up the wall, even without the comment threads.

They've taken a serious and traumatic tragedy for multiple people and are trivialising it as if it's equivalent to some kind of of reality TV game show. (I wrote more on that…

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2016 22:40:55 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365850#post365850 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365850#post365850 they’ll probably fix it soon I left a snarky comment
Fixed – they're quick tonight!
– shame their original error has to remain in the story url – otherwise they'd have to delete from the system entirely and repost – the large print giveth and the small print taketh away…

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:05:33 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365848#post365848 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365848#post365848 Good old Stuff – spelling is not their strong suit...
addition – how hard is that?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/83705309/otakaro-boss-albert-brantley-could-earn-100000-in-edition-to-base-salary#comments
Close enough is good enough it seems these days.
I guess those extra ds cost big money while the vowels are cheap enough.

That story is bad enough FFS, without adding illiteracy to…

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:45:54 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365585#post365585 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365585#post365585 Further to the earlier discussion about Stuff's random approach to comments, this seems a very strange choice:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/83536051/tramper-missing-presumed-dead-on-routeburn-track

It's as if they no longer care about any distinction between uninformed opinions and actual news. Sure, everyone can have a reckon about the All Blacks or the government, but an ongoing…

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:33:12 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365427#post365427 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365427#post365427 I note the Sunday Star Times headline writers have not yet mastered the simple 'copy and paste' technique!

It is Eva Prowse not Prouse!

How hard can it be for Sunday Star Times (Escape Section) sub-editors and headline writers to copy and paste?
Rather than insultingly misspell the surname of…

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:12:59 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365425#post365425 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365425#post365425 Possessive
Possession = a 'pos' ess is on is my aide–mémoire ....

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 07:58:58 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365419#post365419 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365419#post365419 "Who listening"
Another classic Stuff-up – their featured homepage story at the moment.

]]> Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:05:06 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365404#post365404 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365404#post365404 is (too?) relaxed about digital disruption. Article also discusses public funding of investigative journalism. ]]> Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:05:08 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365197#post365197 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365197#post365197 "Possessive... is that like a noun or something? Best to play safe and bung in an apostrophe and an S anyway, eh!"

Incidentally, that Herald story covers Sky's injunction to stop Fairfax using Olympic footage under existing fair use provisions. Sky lost.

However the judge banned Stuff's auto-playing of clips which…

]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:11:15 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365196#post365196 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365196#post365196 Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:59:42 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365159#post365159 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365159#post365159 Stuff Up. ]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:46:13 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365075#post365075 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365075#post365075 If I say very, very loudly that I will boycott any and every product whose advertisement is forced upon me via that awful auto play videovader thing that both stuffed and the other one insert obnoxiously into any article that can charitably called readable....do you think they'll stop it?

Extremely…

]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2016 16:13:52 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365012#post365012 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=365012#post365012 another NZ drama goes to a tv broadcaster's on-demand digital platform rather than on-air. ]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:53:53 +1200 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364983#post364983 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364983#post364983 What the Farm?
producing more than 600 heads, but the experience proved these sheep cannot live in the atmosphere of New Zealand.

I’m trying to picture a 600 headed sheep….
…dangling from a hot-air balloon, with tragic consequences!?

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:47:50 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364974#post364974 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364974#post364974 fibre rope tricks...
aah, the other shoe drops...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/82907984/fairfax-to-enter-the-broadband-market-with-stuff-fibre
interesting that they turned comments off after an hour!

Also worth noting that an early NZ broadband competitor, Woosh, ceased existing last month.

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:01:35 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364973#post364973 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364973#post364973 The Daily Blog has an interesting article about international story sharing...

http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2016/08/08/a-cough-cough-very-unique-view-of-the-saudi-sheep-bribe/

The publication said the officials at Waituhi Kuratau Trust (WKT), specializing in dairy and meat production, had some 20 years breeding large numbers of Friesian sheep which were designed to help them breed quickly, resulting in producing more…

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:45:25 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364970#post364970 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364970#post364970 a tale of two stories – more a paste rather than a reliable source!!
Both The Herald and Stuff are running the same story about ‘azodicarbonamide’ with the same headline:
The yoga-mat chemical’s quiet fast-food exit
– only Stuff acknowledges a primary source – it says…

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:35:28 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364964#post364964 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364964#post364964 Du jour nailist!
John Oliver does Journalism…
I guess we already have HONC and STONC!*

*Herald On-line News Content and Stuff On-line News Content
though STUFF may actually be Social Transmission of Unremittingly Fluffy Facts

]]> Tue, 09 Aug 2016 06:24:35 +1200 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364961#post364961 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364961#post364961 John Oliver does Journalism...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq2_wSsDwkQ


#investifarted
#funnelledjournalism

]]> Mon, 08 Aug 2016 23:27:49 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364874#post364874 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364874#post364874 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 17:57:47 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364871#post364871 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364871#post364871 ...this grandchildren's lives.

Because shapeshifting reptilians have multiple lives, like cats? For those who follow the signs, the truth occasionally oozes through.

]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2016 15:29:52 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364870#post364870 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364870#post364870 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 15:19:22 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364865#post364865 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364865#post364865 New English
you’re fired!
They’re obviously getting a better ‘calibre’ of journalist covering the Olympics, as Stuff reports:
A bullet was at a press conference room at the equestrian centre landing inside the building, a New Zealand Olympic spokesperson said, and the shot was fired about the same time an…

]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2016 07:49:30 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364841#post364841 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364841#post364841 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 22:06:23 +1200 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364833#post364833 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364833#post364833 The most charitable interpretation is that somebody decided it'd be premature involving any undertakers before the police investigation was complete :-/

Or are they saying the police were in some way responsible for the body being there? (NB there are at least two senses in which that last sentence can…

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:21:18 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364800#post364800 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364800#post364800 rather than just making shit up
the poor dears battle with language usage as well
I noticed this line
His body lay on the road for several hours as police underwent investigations.
in this Rio story
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/82849884/rio-olympics-2016-russian-diplomat-tackles-kills-robber-near-olympic-park
They definitely needed an 'undertook' type of undertaking or a 'carried out' there...…

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:04:42 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364796#post364796 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364796#post364796 I notice the caption under the Herald photo of a person leaping off the bonnet of a car, has changed from "A teenaged driver leaps from the roof of his drowned car" to "A passenger returns from a crashed vehicle after retrieving belongings through its sunroof".

I guess they eventually got…

]]> Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:03:36 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364757#post364757 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364757#post364757 …they even opened comments on an ongoing court trial story
They’ve taken the comments off that story now – perhaps the comment I sent questioning their wisdom gave them pause for thought?

]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:24:42 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364756#post364756 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364756#post364756 Whatever became of the concept of taking pride in your work?
Heck they even opened comments on an ongoing court trial story – that's just asking for trouble – I'd have thought cooler heads would have considered that sub judice – or does that only apply to Jury hearings?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/82822474/sir-ngatata-loves-lawyer-says-agreement-had-no-financial-impact-against-tenths-trust

]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:37:35 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364755#post364755 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364755#post364755 This is on Stuff’s front page at the moment.

I guess it could be worse. They might have said "right-of". Whatever became of the concept of taking pride in your work?

]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:53:53 +1200 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364739#post364739 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364739#post364739 produced a decent 17 minute segment a couple of weeks back, interviewing Megan Whelan of Radio NZ about why they were closed. ]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 21:46:11 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364718#post364718 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364718#post364718 ...at least he had the good grace to put his name to his ongoing relitigation of this case...

That's about the best you can say about van Beynen's effort.

I guess I'm biased. I worked on lots of news and current affairs stories about the Bain case, firstly for TVNZ…

]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:50:10 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364714#post364714 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364714#post364714 Just as I thought would happen, Martin van Beynen got to write The Press editorial on the David Bain 'pay out' – at least he had the good grace to put his name to his ongoing relitigation of this case and demands that Bain prove his own innocence.
Ending with…

]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:39:03 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364617#post364617 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364617#post364617 I think our Press just ended today, too –
My partner used to get one as part of her job but having taken redundancy some months ago and retiring, the paper kept on coming – someone phoned from The Press a week ago but our portable phone battery died mid…

]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:00:05 +1200 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364605#post364605 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364605#post364605 Their remaining credibility?
Even I could afford that :)

]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 20:23:50 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364601#post364601 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364601#post364601 I’m tempted to ring the Press and ask what a front page costs these days.

Their remaining credibility?

]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:52:38 +1200 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364600#post364600 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364600#post364600 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 19:47:35 +1200 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364592#post364592 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364592#post364592 It’s Z and Gull at the moment, but Z only until the end of the month, which, bizarrely, is what the rest of the article is about.

Who cares about the shoddy reporting, when you can buy the front page! Maybe this explains my wailing above: Stuff stuffed up and…

]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:40:46 +1200 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364591#post364591 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364591#post364591 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:37:43 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364586#post364586 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364586#post364586 written down the value of its NZ assets by NZ$100m. I have no idea what that means in he real world. An accounting trick pre-merger? A tax loss? Perhaps an economist could advise? ]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:16:12 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364017#post364017 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=364017#post364017 How can a so-called newspaper get its “facts” so blatantly wrong :
BP and Caltex continue to offer supermarket docket discounts through Progressive Enterprises,…
It’s Z and Gull at the moment, but Z only until the end of the month, which, bizarrely, is what the rest of the article is about.…

]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:27:24 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363970#post363970 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363970#post363970 A Leader amongst Leaders
I have to say there are glimmerings of hope, The Dominion Post came up with a great editorial today:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/82300223/editorial-todd-mcclays-remarkable-loss-of-memory-about-a-threatened-trade-war
As McClay has since changed his story, this leaves only a few unpalatable possibilities.
Either he did inform Key of the threat, and the Prime Minister…

]]> Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:30:10 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363948#post363948 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363948#post363948 The sixth censor...
shouldn’t that be median?
Medium – IT dead people?
I taught I tore a puddy tat, too...
:- )

]]> Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:06:36 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363947#post363947 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363947#post363947 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:18:03 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363903#post363903 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363903#post363903 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 18:03:11 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363779#post363779 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363779#post363779 Subbing by Aussies.
That got me wondering if Auckland Airport's Jean Batten Food Court still features a mural of her plucky little plane towing a banner reading "Jean Batten, the Garbo of the Skies." Visiting Australians found it most intriguing.

]]> Sun, 17 Jul 2016 19:50:59 +1200 John Farrell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363772#post363772 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363772#post363772 Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:44:45 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363767#post363767 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363767#post363767 The NZ Herald today scores an own goal by misspelling the name of a man they write about as being overlooked before his death!
Recycling death: The lonely life of Daniel Binder
He walked the streets and slept where he could shelter. Public spaces were his home and lots of…

]]> Sun, 17 Jul 2016 07:51:04 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363766#post363766 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363766#post363766 Things heat up as China threatens trade war...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/82092018/china-threatens-reprisals-on-nz-dairy-wool-and-kiwifruit-if-government-doesnt-back-off-cheap-steel-inquiry

]]> Sun, 17 Jul 2016 07:26:36 +1200 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363763#post363763 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363763#post363763 Back in 2008 the Herald ran an editorial that could have come directly from the Beijing politburo. How dare those horrid Falun Gong/Falun Dafa-ites presume to insert themselves into our precious Santa parades!

Three years later their marching bands – an acquired taste, I'll admit – were a regular feature in…

]]> Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:24:40 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363761#post363761 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363761#post363761 Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:55:09 +1200 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363760#post363760 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363760#post363760 Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:53:27 +1200 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363759#post363759 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363759#post363759 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/201802964/media-deals-to-boost-china's-voice ]]> Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:23:56 +1200 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363758#post363758 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-are-we-seeing-the-end-of-msm-and/?p=363758#post363758 John Drinnan has an interesting story in the Herald looking at the Fairfax decision to run a monthly eight-page China Watch “PR/propaganda sheet”.

Fairfax claim that being paid to run PR for the Chinese government won’t compromise their editorial status in any way. Drinnan begs to differ.

But in my opinion,…

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