Posts by Sacha
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I really don't understand why people seem to think anyone can teach.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to DexterX,
see stupidity which is the order of the day/month this election
Bryce Edwards discusses that and provides relevant links.
So where is all the policy focus that was promised for the campaign? Why has it all suddenly descended into trivialities, legalities, and pettiness?
Part of the answer is that the political parties have all contrived to make this campaign utterly boring and mostly meaningless. National and the Greens, in particular, have so far been ultra-cautious in this election, running tightly controlled and highly scripted campaigns. But such control-freakery is never liable to last and in the last few days we have seen some own goals from Key and Green party members. And these careless episodes really do have the potential to badly damage their campaigns, because both the teapot tapes and billboard damage campaigns relate to issues of political integrity.
and on the Greens' "unfortunate" billboard genius:
Of course the rule for these types of political 'black ops' is don't get caught. That the Greens responsible for the attack then did interviews and put out a press release is mind bogglingly incompetent and almost rivals the foolishness of having a secret conversation just metres away from an assembled media horde.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Steve Barnes,
probably a warm greeting in some circles
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Legal Beagle: The New Zealand Election Tax, in reply to Keir Leslie,
They are running purely for promotional reasons, not to win the election
the party vote is somewhat important for winning
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Muse: Lights, Camera, Music!, in reply to Lilith __,
if you paste the full address without the square brackets (and any playlist/translation references like "NR=1"), the site does the rest.
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Muse: Lights, Camera, Music!, in reply to Lilith __,
<dupe>
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Journos call bluff.
A lawyer representing victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal has weighed into New Zealand’s ‘teapot tape’ debate, defending the secret recording as “good journalism”
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He says Mr Key’s comparison to News of the World tactics was a “cheap shot” with little relevance to the British scandal.
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Imagine if the creatives who delivered Labour's campaign opening had more say in their whole campaign.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I was talking about Joyce and co having a crack at te evil media to distract from the substance, but I can't disagree about strategic nous on the other hand.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Rob S,
attacking the messenger is a tactic as old as the hills