Posts by Geoff Lealand
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Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,
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...and our secretary has just popped into my office, to say that Michael Jackson has died! Is that so?
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Re the debate about democracy and representation, the following quote from this week's Word Magazine newsletter:
QUOTE: "It is enough that the people know
there was an election. The people
who cast the votes decide nothing.
The people who count the votes
decide everything."
~ Joseph StalinShades of Zimbabwe and Iran?
A good Media 7 last night but John Tamahere was a right nong!
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There is one good thing about winning such a heap of money--sitting down and thinking about how you could redistribute most of it. No individual nor family needs more than a million (or less), so it would be wonderful to be able to fund, with the other $34 million, all those good causes that normally just struggle along. We could fund, for example, the independent journalism venture we have talked about in the past.
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Good to have you back, Russell. Things have been quiet around here whilst you have been away. But you look after yourself, you hear!!
Who buys Investigate? Lazy journos in search of an inflammatory story?
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Up Front: A Kink in the Pants,
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There are legal ethics? Man, I've been doing this job all wrong
There are, and like legal ethics,they are a species under continuous threat. So, we need to do our best to protect and propogate them*, starting with the young 'uns (students, that is).
Apologies for the mixed metaphors.
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There are legal ethics? Man, I've been doing this job all wrong
I believe so, even though they are a threatened species. Indeed, they can be a very satisfying way of understanding the world. For the past few years, I have contributed to a second year uni course on Media Ethics, with teaching shared between Philosophy and my department (Screen & Media Studies). It is always interesting; the philosophers talk about general principles, we apply them to specific cases. I have also been trying to get the Law faculty involved in something similar, but so far without success.
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Hope you are feeling better and back into action, Russell. These bright and sunny winter mornings are uplifting for us all.
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The thought that the gummint is cutting funding on education (adult education, enviro schools), in favour of building more prisons is just a touch depressing. What happened to the debate to alternatives to prison?
Incidentally, does anyone else find the ad to the left of this screen (the flashing one) just a touch irritating?
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Hard News: The Peter Principle,
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Many thanks for the recipe, Sofie. Maybe I should make an extra spicey pot for Russell.
Time for bed, after catching Prince and Purple Rain on MGM. My daughter (due to turn 16 on Wednesday) just loved his clothes--especially the cravats.
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Hard News: The Peter Principle,
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Many thanks for the recipe, Sofie. Maybe I should make an extra spicey pot for Russell.
Time for bed, after catching Prince and Purple Rain on MGM. My daughter (due to turn 16 on Wednesday) just loved his clothes--especially the cravats.