Posts by Russell Brown
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Twitter this morning. You should have seen it last night.
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Hard News: An unacceptable failure of care, in reply to Rob Stowell,
Would it have been hard or a shoo-in to get a warrant to seize the phones and computers of the youths accused? Because it seems so obvious, it’s hard to comprehend that it wouldn’t have happened.
I have thought this for a long time.
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Hard News: An unacceptable failure of care, in reply to Sue,
Amen. Lest we forget the persecution of the alleged Christchurch light bulb looter, whose name I won’t invoke out of respect for his presumed desire for privacy.
Arthur Alan Thomas, David Bain, Teina Pora
victims of the policeOr Nicky Hager, who had his house turned over by a team of cops as a witness.
So a complaint from Cameron Slater was important enough to justify an over-the-top search and seizure on a prominent investigative journalist –– but Waitemata police didn't think it necessary (initially) to even talk to the alleged offenders and their parents, let alone seek a warrant. Even though that could have protected more children and young women from being sexually assaulted.
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Hard News: An unacceptable failure of care, in reply to Sacha,
The IPCA says no it wasn’t a factor. I presume they investigated that angle before making such a firm statement.
They hadn't even made the connection in the case of the first two complainants.
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Hard News: An unacceptable failure of care, in reply to nzlemming,
I’m sure the Edge will correct me if I’m wrong, but I think there is already case law on this (see http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/online-defamation-nz-google-case-supports-aust-not-uk-conclusions-ck-132351) which definitely points at the owner of the house.
Yes. And the fact the terribly defamatory things get said in the comments of certain other blogs every day is no impediment to someone taking action on something said here.
We are in the process of becoming Press Council members, which does offer an alternative process, one I would be happy to embrace.
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Hard News: Friday Music: After Kiwi, in reply to Rob S,
Does this make all the cheap Asian ones good or bad value and are they the real thing?
They’re everywhere over there.See also: Avondale Market. I did buy some knock-offs there one time, and they are really flimsy. Real Dres are heavier and better engineered, just not good for what you're paying.
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Hard News: An unacceptable failure of care, in reply to nzlemming,
Given that it’s your blog, you are the “publisher of record” and therefore liable for any libel raised (correct me if I’ve misunderstood you, Rich)
Yes, I am. Let me look at that.
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Like we didn't already suspect it ...
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Hard News: An unacceptable failure of care, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I wrote that the police “should have had cause to fear [young women and girls] were being systematically sexually assaulted”. I think that’s fair. Regardless of what happened in each case, on the basis of what they knew, they should have had cause to fear that.
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Hard News: Friday Music: After Kiwi, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Aren’t bFM and Radioactive those places?
(I know bFM is technically “student radio” being liked to AUSA, right. But AFAIK Active doesn’t have any university links any more).
I've puzzled over this for literally years, but I think there's virtue in letting the student stations operate in a looser, less professional environment.
The first hint that Hugh Sundae had been appointed as new bFM station manager was his tweet on the day of the announcement:
"Fucknuckles, cock and piss."
Which is, of course an evocation of bFM's legendary BSA advisory. I think tasking the student stations with being official "youth radio" puts elements of their culture at risk. And yet, they provided Kiwi with its best talent, so there has to be a relationship.
I'm actually working on a report related to these issues at the moment. The Kiwi FM news does make things interesting.
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