Hard News: The Press, Privacy and The Paps
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As an underage drinker in that great night spot of the Christchurchs 80&90s The Palladium.
I had some sense taught to me by a local boxer.
Milli Vanilli came on and my group let out a collective groan.
He kept bopping away & I made disparaging remarks of the band. He said he liked the music, didn't know the guys & really didn't care. Nothing had changed for him.
That made sense to me & so I started to enjoy the music at that level and got in another round of Chartreuse (which I've never enjoyed).Not that this is comparable to the delving into personal lives of people who are just getting on with it and adding a little sunshine as they do by making beatiful music.
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I actually felt a little creeped out by the recent article about Hollie Smith in the Dom Post a few weeks ago for the same TMI reasons.
I don't know how much of the real time in the interview was actually in regards to her problems with her former label, but titling a piece "Soul star Hollie Smith broke" when she's obviously in the process of promoting a forthcoming album seems...off.
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But yes, I wonder if anyone at the HoS dares to think about how cloddish and hurtful those "gossip" pages can be.
Of course they don't Russell -- although that might change if some enterprising blogger started publishing the kind of media gossip that doesn't get much further than work drinks on Friday night. Nothing focuses the moral imagination like knowing your own soiled linen is about to be hung out.
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Never going to be that easy Craig, though we can dream. After all, most journos of that persuasion are generally pretty OK with their off-duty reputations being well known. Call it a badge of pride, even.
Then again, it's important to remember that gossip journalism is a business. It's there because people will pay other people salaries to write it. There's nothing inherently villainous about these people, they're just conveniently overlooking human sensitivities to get the job done.
I remember volunteering on the counter of Trade Aid on K Road with Bridget Saunders on Saturday mornings for a year or so when I was at uni. She's actually a lovely person: smart, funny and ethically aware. Somehow that doesn't translate into a concern for the privacy of (semi-)celebrities though.
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I thought the Press story was actually really nice -- and relevant in that she's written about her new love on her new album. It rang true.
Sorry, I didn't mean that interview that was intrusive - it was actually well written and gave a good impression of Anika Moa as friendly, funny and smart. It was full of personal information, but clearly information she happily shared.
I meant the intrusive press Anika Moa was describing in her interview - where they keep pressing for information, to the point where she had to ask her manager to make them back off. I do enjoy reading some personal details in interviews - what I meant was I don't want to know anything beyond what a performer wishes to tell the press.
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