Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Sacha,
TV3 do have a new nightly soap to fit in their schedule..
I think they're looking at that as a lead-in the the news. Losing Home & Away to TVNZ had a significant impact on 3 News.
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I'd been wondering what the hell went on with those two terrible ratings nights in Campbell Live's 10th anniversary week.
Cricket World Cup semi-finals is what. Ah.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Lilith __,
Without Campbell, who would know about the suffering and the struggles of people in post-eqnz Christchurch?
How can we quantify what it did for Chch people to be told “We haven’t forgotten you”?That's probably CL's great example of putting editorial imperatives ahead of market sense. And good on them for that.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
Serious question: who here regularly watches Campbell Live? And by that, I mean the full episode, live to air. Not occasionally watching a video someone has shared on Facebook.
Fair question. I can honestly say that Campbell Live is the only thing I would watch at 7pm, live to air. But do I watch it all the time? No. It's usually dinner time with the family. I watch live when I know they have a good story or interview and catch up on-demand when there’s a buzz.
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Hard News: Media Take: The Easter Show, in reply to nzlemming,
Believing he existed, because of your faith, and proving it are two entirely different things.
This is an argument that's been going on a long time, but it appears that most scholars believe he existed but attribute varying degrees of historicity to his story.
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Forcing families to become employers to be eligible is the kind of insane thing you would only do if you really, really wanted the scheme to fail. Bastards.
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This part's interesting:
The number of people affiliating with Hinduism increased 39.6 percent since 2006 (from 64,392 people in 2006 to 89,919 people in 2013).
Of those who affiliated with Hinduism in 2013:
• more than 1 in 5 people (20.8 percent) were born in New Zealand
• 31.8 percent were born in the Pacific Islands
• 42.9 percent were born in Asia.The number of people affiliating with the Muslim religion increased 27.9 percent since
2006 (from 36,072 people in 2006 to 46,149 people in 2013). Of those who affiliated with Islam in 2013:
• more than a quarter (25.7 percent) were born in New Zealand
• 21.0 percent were born in the Pacific Islands
• 26.9 percent were born in Asia
• 23.3 percent were born in the Middle East and Africa.The proportion of New Zealanders who profess no religion is almost equal among Europeans and Maori -- 46.9% vs 46.3% -- and "Maori Christianity" was the denomination that fell the most. But do all those Maori call themselves atheists? Probably not. It's all quite complicated.
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Hard News: Media Take: The Easter Show, in reply to Lucy Telfar Barnard,
Alternatively, if the percentages of New Zealanders of some other religion were to grow significantly, should we be looking at including other religions’ holy days in our public holiday schedule?
And it may also be useful for policy makers to know how many people aren't religious.
So, if the goal is ensuring people are well-served, diversity is respected and included, then there can be good reasons why the state would want to know the religious makeup of the country.
Agreed. Even just as a way for smaller religions to say "we are present".
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Hard News: Media Take: The Easter Show, in reply to Francis Ritchie,
I'd like to know more about the way Destiny has presented since Janine Cardno, their longtime PR person, walked out. My guess is that they've become even more internally-focused. As I said, it's as if they're not skilled at talking to the world.
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Hard News: Media Take: The Easter Show, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Put in the hard yards to learn your shit – because every story has a context and history
And apart from anything else, I'm quite sure there are a lot of genuine news stories out there for the getting, especially in Auckland, where the churches are manifold and entwined with communities.
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