Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
Deal?
I wouldn't have gone for it myself.
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to mic weevil,
I’m looking forward to someone with more time and wherewithal than I to re-sync the recording to the footage in light of what someone was saying about non-verbal communication upthread…
I'm told just such a derivative work exists -- subtitles and all -- but has never been broadcast.
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Hi guys. I’m back in the house and I’ve restored the link to the original post. I hadn’t had time to take advice and Ijust didn’t want to be fretting about it while I was out doing stuff and away from the computer.
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The police saw fit to append this to today's press release.
Editors note:
Police reiterate that it is an offence to disclose private communications unlawfully intercepted. This offence, is punishable by up to two years imprisonment where any person discloses the private communication, or the substance, meaning, or purport of the communication or any part of it, or discloses the existence of the private communication if he knows that it has come to his knowledge as a direct or indirect result of an offence against s216B Crimes Act
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Righto. I've removed the links and I'd be grateful if y'all could refrain from publishing them in comments.
I may put them back, but I'm out for hours and I don't want to be in a position where I can't remove them should it prove necessary.
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to Pete George,
It appears as if a major story was made out of very little. A strong case for deliberate political interference could be made.
That's not "political interference", it's reporting on an election campaign. If Key et al had not taken the action they did, everyone would have been able to tell for themselves that there wasn't a great deal on the tape. That's the reason it became a big story.
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Key has told Radio NZ he's unlikely to ask YouTube to take down the recording.
I've been considering removing the links from the post above because I'm about to go out and wouldn't be in a position to respond with dispatch to any demand to remove them.
I note that although several journalists have published the links via Twitter -- that was how I found out -- the major news organisations are holding off.
Thoughts?
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to David Cormack,
So instead of looking at the announcement of the Government’s lack of surplus for 2014/15 we instead focus on some tapes…that say nothing…about anything.
Le sigh.
No apologies from me. I was deeply concerned by National's response at the time, as a media freedom issue. I'm far more appalled by that than the actual contents of the tape.
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At 7.00, Key seems to be saying that someone from Act rang "rang me in the UK" and proposed a snap election to take advantage of Don Brash's inevitable surge of popularity. That's pretty funny.
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Hard News: Finally, the Teapot Tape?, in reply to 3410,
Nice plausible deniability arranging from about 6:10.
That seems to be the most notable element, really.
That and: police were sent into newsrooms in election week for this?