Public Address | Public Address Radio | The Winter of Our Discontent

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 26 May 2008 18:28:59 +1200

Well, Bruce, I see posting the script along with the audio is a total waste of time. Far from "the good ol' days when Holyoake wanted to see the questions beforehand, and Muldoon banned some reporters", I'd like to see a step back from the rather flimsy 'gotcha' attacks that…

Bruce Morley

Mon, 26 May 2008 13:42:48 +1200

For some time now, commentators, bloggers and others have been complaining about how limp the mainstream media is in interview – but when Oliver Driver pushes Phil Goff (and the envelope) a little, the handwringing about that is near-deafening.

Well, you can't have it both ways. Would Craig Ranapia rather…

Russell Brown

Mon, 26 May 2008 09:36:13 +1200

Craig Ranapia muses on The Tragical Farce of Phil Goff and That Interview" and concludes that "solid reporting takes time, effort and often just isn’t ‘sexy’. Certainly not as sexy as goading a politician into a sin-sational soundbite, or an unguarded thought you can later sneer at as a ‘flip-flop’…