Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I prefer to vigorously pursue the view that Laws shouldn't be allowed to do what he does on account of press standards. If he gets sacked because his brand is tarnished to the advertisers I'm not sure it counts as a victory at all.
Beyond whether you're primarily after a long-term (social justice) or shorter result (get him off air), to me it's a matter of belief about which approach will get the traction first.
I'd say both converged in the case of Mr Henry. It would be interesting to hear from a wall-fly what preyed most forcefully on the minds and consciences of those doing the deciding.
There's a broader campaign needed to make the long-term changes match short-term outcomes in any case. Who's vigorously leading that?
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to recordari,
he'll most likely win some award in a few months for best Op-Ed. It's happened before.
Quick, someone write him a letter he can read out as an acceptance speech. Doubt it would be half as funny, but.
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to giovanni tiso,
And I'd much rather boycott the actual product than the advertisers. Let them know I don't buy their paper and why.
That would be fine if you were seeking a conversation rather than a result - but their business model suggests peeling off a major advertiser is going to get their attention more than losing one subscriber or audience member will.
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to philipmatthews,
As for boycotts, I would urge you not to boycott all Fairfax products!
If you're going to boycott, try the main advertisers - I suspect that's more lucrative to the publishers than subscriptions or listeners/eyeballs.
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to Paul Williams,
Which is why Rex's complaint, even if it doesn't succeed, is important. I'm all for boycotting, but I'd also like to the legal issues to be explored.
But there are already established grounds (and channels) for complaint without testing a new one which might take some time to work through.
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to Che Tibby,
defend his right to do so [in my paper]
Press Council, then
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I can see this ending badly..
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
he should have the freedom to write his vomit for a paper who is prepared to employ him
Not without the paper meeting their obligations as a responsible publisher. There is no license to say whatever you like about groups of people without facing consequences.
Laws is perfectly free to spread his vomit in person to whoever will listen. Just not necessarily to broadcast that same.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Sacha,
Business owners complain about not being allowed to retreive items from buildings before demolition.
The Standard has a post about the topic now. Includes an allegation that private demolition compaines are acting without Civil Defense autorisation. No evidence offered, and the usual warnings about quality of comments apply. But surely this is a story for some journo to investigate.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I'd put it in the Japan Moves thread, given there's no radiation issue in Chch