Posts by Jonty

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  • Hard News: Biting back at Bill,

    Or an overdose of Viagra?

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Biting back at Bill,

    I've seen NZ TV develop almost since it's inception - from back in the old B&W days when Peter Empen, with his brilliantined SB&S, read the news with all the gravitas of an undertaker and Les Andrews used to sing Pedro the Fisherman every Sunday evening. Riveting. But once the Town & Around team had tired of fast forwarding Barbara Magner frolicking in the Domain (nightly for months it seemed) and the public were tiring of the facile American rubbish, dear old aunty NZBC did start bringing in quality programmes that were at the time regarded as the Best of British. Sundays were commercial free, ad breaks were about a third of what they are now, and there seemed to be a general assumption at NZBC that it was bordering on crassnes to inflict any more on the viewing public. In the US meanwhile they were oblivious of John Logie Bairds' heartfelt hope that television would be the catalyst for universal education, peace and understanding between nations - their TV dived straight to where the bucks were - with the lowest common denominator - and has stayed there ever since. And now sadly it seems TVNZ has followed suit. Business has taken over the medium completely and, like the Jesuits, makes sure we stay 'on message'. Now where's my library card?

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Biting back at Bill,

    Well at least the salary levels are directly proportional to the level of incompetence.

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: No Friends of Science,

    AL: <Just because nothing eventually happened doesn't mean that prophets were necessarily deluded. We found & fixed date related problems that would have seriously inconvenienced some of our clients.>

    What about the conmen who persuaded little old ladies to buy new appliances because 'onboard computers' might blow up?

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: No Friends of Science,

    Just to return to the NatRad afternoons for a mo -- I shut it off shortly after Mora (can't stand the voice) took over from Wayne (OK, he's a bit fuddy duddy but knows his music). Correct me if I'm wrong, but this isn't just the dumbing down of some of the country's finest media. The Listener has been taken over by Pamela Stirling and Joanna Black pushing their conservative barrows (hence the make money/lose weight scenario alternate weeks). The Herald is virtually unreadable without a defibrilator handy. TVNZ is committing harikari before our very eyes. All this can't be blamed on the overseas corporates. The management dross (in hospitals too) has floated to the top positions -- we're witnessing sheer bloody incompetence on a national scale. I've always felt the hirers and firers wouldn't recognise talent if it bit them on the arse. Hence the fact that the likes of Holmes, Woods, Columbus, Hoskings, the odious Laws, et al, have had charmed careers. Oooh, I'm feeling better now.

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: No Friends of Science,

    .....and they could have added: "And any comments to the contrary are merely more of Augie Auer's delusions".

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Things we needed to hear,

    In light of some of the more lurid aspects of DMB's report, the catchline on the police ad at the top of the page: "Hear some great work stories", seems disturbingly appropriate.

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: A Rat At My Table,

    'My impression is that the greens haven't really been tagged with it much, that many more people have complained about 'the government' and Labour than about any Greens beyond Sue Bradford.'

    The right never miss an opportunity to kick shit out of the government - and the Bradford bill was a golden opportunity. Wind up the smackers with wads of misinformation and stand back and watch the fun.

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Introducing GodTube,

    Fox News breaking headline: Scooter Libby found Not Guilty of lying
    to the FBI. You could not make this shit up.

    Does anyone know SKY TV's reasoning behind giving us Fox News (the propaganda arm of the US Republican party) over Al Jazeera - other than the Murdoch connection?

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: The Arguments,

    That's absolutely the case with smacking. Your child's around in your life until you grow old and die... if there is a price to be paid for smacking them you'll have to pay it.

    ....and maybe others will too?

    Katikati • Since Mar 2007 • 102 posts Report Reply

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