Posts by Hebe
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Now? No. Last try tonight.
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This time
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Rapanui, Sumner, October 2, 2011
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Muse: Friday Fluff: Shelf Life, in reply to
I once gave a lover a copy of Michael Herr's Dispatches
I did that too. The eventual outcome was bloody. He lent me O. Henry, who I loved.
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Hard News: The Solemnity of the Day, in reply to
Makes no sense: newspapers and other media outlets cannot legally publish that story Saturday, and they will not.
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Hard News: The Solemnity of the Day, in reply to
Yes; because although it's a political story it is about politicians not politics. Though I would expect some wimpishness on the part of editors if the outcome is contentious. If I were a polly and the decision was not what I wanted, an appeal of some sort would be immediately on the news wire. The story would be lawyered to the max though, (which usually makes it unreadable).
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Hard News: Criminalising Journalism, in reply to
Paul Henry stood for Parliament twelve years ago. I think we can find more substantive and recent reasons why he doesn’t deserve our attention, ye
Them too. My overall point is the out-of-stepness and tiredness of most of the commentariat. Most of them only talk to each other, in small circles in Auckland and Wellington, and haven't got a clue about the mores of the rest of the country.