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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:19:07 +1300

Discussion from blog post.

kowhai montgomery

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:19:07 +1300

Personally I would have been far more inclined to ban the obsequious toad who posted comments like "I'm hoping for something bold, brave and innovative like the [National Party's] roading policy."
And
Have you watched John Keys speech on roading policy? The video is 30 minutes long but I think?

Michael Fitzgerald

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:15:47 +1300

Gerry backs Labour power policy, maybe John Key "leading a Labour Govt" is rubbing off?

Rob Hosking

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:42:23 +1300

Pretty sure that when he started Tamihere did his own stuff.

The reason for that is his comments on when Helen Clark was visiting the Pope, and there was some comment about whether or not she would, like when she met the Queen, wear a trouser suit.

Tamihere reckoned Clark?

Damian Christie

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:05:25 +1300

The reason for that is his comments on when Helen Clark was visiting the Pope, and there was some comment about whether or not she would, like when she met the Queen, wear a trouser suit.

Yeah, either that or a press sec who was more sympathetic to JT than?

Rob Hosking

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:31:54 +1300

The comment had the whiff of genuine JT to me...and if you mean who I think you mean, she was a bit more cautious than that.

Damian Christie

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:28:32 +1300

Who knows, perhaps you're right. I could always fire off an email to her and ask of course... like a real journalist.

Eric Olthwaite

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:44:49 +1300

?Which kids were those?? I asked, turning to him mid-stride? He blushed and went quiet.

Softly Softly Catchee Monkey Christie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImCjdrvUJFE

Just hang behind them and listen in.

Andrew Paul Wood

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:15:06 +1300

What puzzles me is why politicians' families are not given media awareness training. Surely that's common sense?

Shaz

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:54:13 +1300

In my (v. limited) experience, 2 factors negated the need for *media awareness training* (yet anyway) – 1 was the family being taboo. Given that's not to be relied on, the other was common sense sans training, i.e., don't make an arse of your family member at work. Because the?

Shaz

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:11:41 +1300

....Rule number 1: Don't. Be. A dick.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:34:36 +1300

What puzzles me is why politicians' families are not given media awareness training. Surely that's common sense?

Politician Dad: Son, as I'm now more in the public eye, this lady is here to give us some family media training.
Teenage Son: You're not the boss of me! I'm going to?

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:58:27 +1300

Point to Robyn.

Doesn't rule number 1 "Don't. Be. A dick." apply equally to Politician Dad, and Teenage Son?

Hopeful of me I know.

Shaz

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:17:54 +1300

Absolutely – frankly if they both fail that test then I'm struggling to find any sympathy. I guess my point is that it's not that difficult to avoid looking like an arsehole. If you can't manage that, then chances are that you are in fact an arsehole, so tough titty?

Sarah Lilburn

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:05:25 +1300

Hi Damian,

Thanks for the mention in your blog.

Can you please explain exactly which part of the video you think is ?defamatory??
The Daily English Show places strong value on media ethics and would never intentionally defame someone.

As it says in Wikipedia, defamation is about making ?a false?

Russell Brown

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:45:15 +1300

The intention of that video was to give my honest opinion of the National Party?s videos on YouTube. I certainly wasn?t trying to defame John Key and I regret that ? at least to you ? it came across that way.

Don't worry Sarah. Damian wasn't using "defamatory" in the?

David Haywood

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:33:21 +1300

Sarah,

I think the defamation occurred when you implied that Key would make such a silly speech without being drunk.

I very much enjoyed your analysis of the videocast — and hope that the National Party will take some of your points on board...

Damian Christie

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:41:15 +1300

Hey Sarah,

Yes sorry, didn't mean to scare you. Russell is right, I didn't mean defamatory in the sense of being legally actionable. :) If anything I used that term only because it started with a D. Like "delicious". I'll do anything for a good bit of aliteration.

So I?