Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Labour's RNZ+ plan: largely coherent, in reply to Stephen Knightly,
What was missing from Labour’s high level screen industry policy was mention of growing the industry via interactive media like gaming, VR and AR. Maybe that falls under economic development instead.
It should really be treated as screen content though, you're right.
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Hard News: Labour's RNZ+ plan: largely coherent, in reply to Sacha,
And NZonAir has been explicit about that by differentiating its funding of content and platforms (such as RNZ). Can’t see why we would need another funding organisation to do the same tasks.
Yeah, the stuff around NZ On Air is messy and presents a risk of interfering with some sound thinking that agency has done.
Although it would (a) seemingly extend funding to public-good journalism without TV-like content attached, and (b) theoretically provide a stronger and more independent voice to government on the actual level of funding necessary to maintain the system. NZ On Air has an independent board, but it’s very much beholden to the ministry.
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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a…, in reply to Caleb D'Anvers,
It all puts in perspective the various self-styled communists who also show up on my feed accusing Ardern of being an uber-neoliberal Blairite shill.
It certainly does.
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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a…, in reply to Dave Waugh,
The blog has had me reflect on that and go offer beers to a Political journo that visits my shop occasionally, she’s a fellow craft beer fiend so should appreciate it.
The system works!
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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a…, in reply to Katharine Moody,
If referring to tax policy, the good news is that media are by no means letting up on that question – it’s been a front and center issue. Hence, if folks vote Labour, either tax policy from their own perspective doesn’t worry them, or they think looking at the means to treat income from asset gains equally to income from other investments is a good idea.
National have been hammering tax really hard on in their social media advertising. I've come across a few people who have absorbed the generalised fear that Labour will unveil a volley of punitive taxes on election. Which would be pretty dumb, given that they presumably want to be elected again.
I get that Labour wants to give itself room to move, but dispensing with the insulation of "we'll see what the working group says and then put it to voters in three years' time" has certainly made them vulnerable.
The Tax Working Group will quite likely suggest the same reforms as National's did, and come down in favour of a broad-based, low-rate land tax – a conclusion that Key dismissed.
I think that dismissal was costly, given that the group declared that the tax status quo was "not viable" – and that was in 2009.
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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a…, in reply to Nick Russell,
How is she getting away with it? Every news outlet I can think of has reported that Labour is doing this.
It’s in every debate, every interview. The Herald on Sunday covered it in two opinion columns and an editorial on Sunday.
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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a…, in reply to Ben Curran,
Statistically speaking, I'm more like to tell journalists to sod off than buy them a drink.
And yet the number of journalists who have "pilloried Metiria" is vastly smaller than the number doing their jobs via any number of media channels. Media coverage of this campaign is more attentive and diverse than any I can remember.
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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a…, in reply to Carol Stewart,
Also some good work on Sciblogs, such as this round-up by Brendan Moyle on the different parties’ approaches to meeting Paris targets for greenhouse gas emissions. They did a good one on water quality as well.
Yeah, that's one element of the diversity I noted. See also: our new friends from Access Granted talking through the parties' IT policies.
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Hard News: Campaign 2017: Buy a…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Not that important. When you're seeing someone who might actually be leading a government in two week getting away with vague waffle about major policy being determined by working groups long after the election? That matters.
I think she's simply being honest. And Labour's not "orchestrating" 45-minute queues for selfies. Reporting that isn't a puff piece, it's reporting what the reporter sees and hears.