Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: How the Key transcription gaffe got fixed by State https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Manakura https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269365#post269365 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269365#post269365 "In 140 characters there is little room for dissembling or prevaricating either."

only if one seriously lacks in imagination

]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:34:21 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269278#post269278 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269278#post269278 I had a boyfriend who liked to stand and jump into his jeans with both feet at once. His success rate was about 50%, pretty good really.

Wouldn’t the other 50% lead to him falling onto his forehead?

Only occasionally. Usually a miss was just a stumble. He used to…

]]> Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:26:09 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269277#post269277 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269277#post269277 I had a boyfriend who liked to stand and jump into his jeans with both feet at once. His success rate was about 50%, pretty good really.

Wouldn't the other 50% lead to him falling onto his forehead?

]]> Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:49:22 +1200 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269227#post269227 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269227#post269227 I still have no idea. Alec modestly demurs possessing superpowers, saying:
9.58am @philiplyth Not omnipotent. Attentive.

and Ian's 50's contributuon:
Perhaps a Vacuum Tube system from Waihopai to back room of US Embassy, filternet… + context parsing… + flag for immediate action!
GCSB finally does something useful (for New Zealand)……

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:24:56 +1200 Gareth Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269224#post269224 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269224#post269224 Re invoking a person's name, there are a lot of people called Alec Ross on twitter. I am still surprised he found my mention of his name (not his Twitter handle.)

Social media monitors like Radian6 would certainly be tuned to something like that – they can do a lot…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:32:59 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269217#post269217 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269217#post269217 Twitter, the highest pantheon for egregious self promotion.

It's a broadcast audience. I can tell a lot of people something at one time, which is useful in various ways. Feel free to ignore me though.

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:39:33 +1200 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269211#post269211 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269211#post269211

I have more than 9000 Twitter followers,

Twitter, the highest pantheon for egregious self promotion.

we welcome the opportunity to cooperate with the U.S. in the next conflicts.

Off the rocking horse that sounds about as honest a (mis)quote as you're going to get from a politician these days -…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:21:55 +1200 Steven Price https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269208#post269208 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269208#post269208 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:08:15 +1200 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269198#post269198 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269198#post269198 I think you showed up a lot of slackness here, both in government and the rest of the media.

Yes. The transcript *was* a story. If the journalists had heard the Prime Minister's actual words, and could confirm that he had not said "conflicts", then the correct response was to…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:23:12 +1200 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269193#post269193 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269193#post269193 I also know people who eschew standing, and pull both legs on from a sitting start, sometimes boots ‘n’ all!

I had a boyfriend who liked to stand and jump into his jeans with both feet at once. His success rate was about 50%, pretty good really.

Russell, I think…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:34:11 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269192#post269192 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269192#post269192 Still some wriggle room...
After all, they are all made of people who put their trousers on one leg at a time.
Hmmmm... doesn't that leave you with only a 50/50 chance of getting the fly facing the right way?
I also know people who eschew standing, and pull both…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:04:41 +1200 Amanda Wreckonwith https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269191#post269191 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269191#post269191 Irony. Yes. I concur wholeheartedly.
And yet... 'twere it Micheal Laws who would not respond to a request for clarification, me thinks you would have a different view? perhaps?
I was genuine in my questioning of his wording and I thought a reply would be forthcoming – even if it…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:01:27 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269190#post269190 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269190#post269190 It was an item about how homosexuals cause hurricanes.

I wish it was true – though one's Evil Namesake should be profoundly thankful it isn't. :)

So the point of this column? That it is possible to engage government(s) by online communication. After all, they are all made of people…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:45:30 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269189#post269189 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269189#post269189 Tuesdays Top 10. Comment on Colbert segment.
It’s only a little thing but I’m a sensitive soul you see…but he could be a ‘grower, not a shower’ and needs correctional squeeze.

Ah, I see. I think he was going along with the Colbert faux-Conservative irony there. It was an item…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:27:14 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269188#post269188 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269188#post269188 Maybe. I don't think it's out of the question that there's just people in the State Department who are genuine followers of Russell as an opinion leader in this country.

Possibly. former journalist Sean Gillespie handles media duties for the US Embassy in Wellington and looked after Ross while he…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:20:45 +1200 Glenn Pearce https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269187#post269187 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269187#post269187 Re invoking a person's name, there are a lot of people called Alec Ross on twitter. I am still surprised he found my mention of his name (not his Twitter handle.)

Plenty of Social Media monitoring services he could be using or just vanity searches ? Especially considering he's just…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:02:59 +1200 Amanda Wreckonwith https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269185#post269185 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269185#post269185 Tuesdays Top 10. Comment on Colbert segment.
It's only a little thing but I'm a sensitive soul you see...but he could be a 'grower, not a shower' and needs correctional squeeze.
I think he will see the error of his ways when your push comes to shove...
Amanda XX

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:45:17 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269183#post269183 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269183#post269183 ears lookin’ at you kid…
I am still surprised he found
my mention of his name
Perhaps a Vacuum Tube system from Waihopai to back room of US Embassy, filternet… + context parsing… + flag for immediate action!
GCSB finally does something useful (for New Zealand)…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:42:14 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269182#post269182 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269182#post269182 State also have advanced real-time semantic monitoring beyond what the rest of us have access too.

Maybe. I don't think it's out of the question that there's just people in the State Department who are genuine followers of Russell as an opinion leader in this country. The "real-time semantic monitor"…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:39:05 +1200 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269181#post269181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269181#post269181 You invoked his name

State also have advanced real-time semantic monitoring beyond what the rest of us have access too.

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:23:42 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269180#post269180 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269180#post269180 Not wishing to derail a thread Russell but I wonder if you may wish to enlighten your good friend BernardChickey on a more appropriate description of homosexuality. “lifestyle choice” really?.
My nudges and winks are falling on deaf ears over at Interest.co.nz.

Really? Link?

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:03:09 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269179#post269179 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269179#post269179 I know I am at maybe 110% of what I can fully absorb on Twitter. I know I miss stuff and I certainly missed Russell’s first RT of Selwyn.

Sure: time of day, syntax, etc.

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:00:34 +1200 Phil Lyth https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269178#post269178 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269178#post269178 And more to the point, that no one at all in government does?

Indeed. I didn't blog it but I asked the PM's office yesterday. The first they knew of the transcript error was when a Kiwi journalist from the Gallery rang them. None of Murray McCully's people had informed…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:00:13 +1200 Phil Lyth https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269175#post269175 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269175#post269175 I know I am at maybe 110% of what I can fully absorb on Twitter. I know I miss stuff and I certainly missed Russell's first RT of Selwyn.

Re invoking a person's name, there are a lot of people called Alec Ross on twitter. I am still surprised he…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:57:52 +1200 Amanda Wreckonwith https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269174#post269174 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269174#post269174 Almost on the topic of Miss-speaking...
Not wishing to derail a thread Russell but I wonder if you may wish to enlighten your good friend BernardChickey on a more appropriate description of homosexuality. "lifestyle choice" really?.
My nudges and winks are falling on deaf ears over at Interest.co.nz. I was…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:57:01 +1200 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269173#post269173 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269173#post269173 That it is possible to engage government(s) by online communication. After all, they are all made of people who put their trousers on one leg at a time.
Oh they are fallible all right. Still IRD, if you only have a mobile makes you call a landline no. and you still…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:50:10 +1200 Idiot Savant https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269172#post269172 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269172#post269172 How the heck did Alec Ross come to tweet me? I have no idea.

You invoked his name. The internet has a long history of people who appear when you do that.

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:42:44 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269170#post269170 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269170#post269170 I’m fascinated by this too Philip, although for slightly different reasons.

I first became aware of the “next conflicts” phrase on Monday afternoon, when it was tweeted by Selwyn Manning, with a link to a copy of the official transcript on the 36th Parallel website he runs with Paul Buchanan.…

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:23:37 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269169#post269169 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-how-the-key-transcription-gaffe-got/?p=269169#post269169 Discussion from blog post.

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