Posts by Charles Mabbett
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It was a great surprise to hear TV One News describing Qian Xun Xue as a New Zealand child. Of course it shouldn't because that's what she is. It's also encouraging to see it resonating within the Public Address community. TVNZ gets a lot of criticism but that was a neat moment.
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Hi TM, good to read you again. It has been a while.
Yes, but maybe underwear wearing in the middle of winter could be construed as odd unless he has Kung Fu Mammoth Skin Skill.
As for the mother Annie Liu, unfortunately my sources say there are very deep and well founded fears for her. The poor kid.
How's Geneva? It will be summer here soon. Warm. Sunny. Not cold.
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I would say that any chief reporter or editor worth their salt would try and milk the Zaoui story for all its worth and that means exploiting any possible angle. Public reaction is an obvious one. That was the intention with regards to blogging and forums even if Tony 2 got the attribution wrong. A story breaking like the Ahmed Zaoui decision is not a slow news day by any stretch.
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Interesting link, Stephen. This makes a delightful quote:
"Ms. Itoh is one of them. Ms. Itoh, a homemaker in the central city of Nagoya, did not want her full name used because her husband still does not know. After cleaning the dinner dishes, she would spend her evenings buying and selling British pounds and Australian dollars."
Could be an interesting conversation when her husband finds out that she's lost $US100,000 in savings betting on the NZ dollar (among others).
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One chief reporter I know had her work cut out explaining who Scooter Libby was to her young charges. I didn't envy her.
There are three Tonys at TVNZ. One does sport and got into some trouble some time ago on Radio Sport for likening the Williams sisters to apes. One can't quote from the internet accurately and the last one is a very good reporter.
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<quote>I'd imagine Mrs Zaoui and the kids would be the last thing on Ahmeds mind actually Russell...not sure exactly what lefty bloomers hitting the deck sounds like but I'm betting there will be a few despite what the Koran says...I can't believe how naive you are!<quote>
Could it be that Muslims do not hold similar values and don't miss their families in the same way that we in the West do? Interesting thought. It would never have occurred to me.
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Now if it was the All Black flag, then I'd be annoyed.
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We need a new flag anyway.
sorry, it's Friday.
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Gosh, maybe Zaoui was within 100 metres of the burning of a New Zealand flag???
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I find this interesting from the SIS decision:
The key finding by the French court is that Mr Zaoui had possessed electronic items that could be used for bombmaking.
Could be anything - a digital alarm clock or a stop watch.