Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Stephen Judd,
obliged to print
Libertarians seem to think we all simply must listen to their teen witterings. Not sure why that is.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Russell Brown,
there is no statutory regulation of print media in New Zealand
There are statutory privileges in terms of exclusions from some laws and access to places like courts.
Those used to be offset by media's responsibility to talk truth to power on behalf of ordinary citizens. That duty not being properly codified in law should perhaps be remedied.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Russell Brown,
Leaving aside general laws on privacy, defamation, contempt
That's part of the balance I was referring to, but thank you for correcting about the print industry situation. Please read my 'publishing' as including broadcasting as well.
The argument about public vs privately owned doesn't fly in any case.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Scott Chris,
perhaps their purveyors have the right to be heard
any 'right' to speech is always balanced against other people's rights not to be harmed.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Scott Chris,
within reason
exactly
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Scott Chris,
a state broadcaster has more incumbent responsibility to uphold ethical standards than does a privately owned regional newspaper
Not under our current laws. Publishing is a privilege that brings responsibilities.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Does anyone want to actually live in a country like that?
Let's ask those clamouring for the return of 'wit' and 'commonsense' to NZ tv in the form of Mr Henry.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Russell Brown,
TV3 broadcast a pretty calm 'news' story last night that noted the TVNZ interest in Henry and his Mediaworks contract.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Kumara Republic,
and both those examples are.. old white men.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Scott Chris,
what is it about some retailers? :)