Hard News by Russell Brown

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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper

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  • Russell Brown,

    Meanwhile, the mother of an Aspie boy has posted this response to Laws on her blog.

    Laws has now replied, informing the mother that it is her fault her son is Asperger.

    Just, wow.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Sam F, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Just, wow.

    Personally I've now passed the point where getting progressively angrier at Laws' progressively more offensive behaviour has given way to a calm, simple desire to see him off the airwaves and out of our papers permanently.

    Anyone got a go-to list of those I should not be spending money with until this happens?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report Reply

  • Che Tibby, in reply to Sam F,

    Anyone got a go-to list of those I should not be spending money with until this happens?

    please.

    if anyone has the time to shake these out i'll take the time to write to them.

    this arsehat Lhaws really has to go. and the sooner the better.

    the back of an envelope • Since Nov 2006 • 2042 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand,

    @Sam F I am all for some sort of organised campaign, as a SST subscriber and an occasional contributor to their Reader's panel. I wonder if a formal complaint to the Press Council is worthwhile but past experiences suggest it is rather a toothless animal.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report Reply

  • nzlemming, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Laws has now replied, informing the mother that it is her fault her son is Asperger

    And a nice piece it is too: "Michael Laws really is a special little man".

    Waikanae • Since Nov 2006 • 2937 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to nzlemming,

    And a nice piece it is too: "Michael Laws really is a special little man".

    +1 - though it only reinforces my dislike of "special" in other contexts too

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock,

    If you are referring to the wildflower strips all along the southern part of the motorway just before the Bombay Hills then I'm afraid you are incorrect. This land is NZTA land, and even there, Mayor Banks had no control. I understand that the wildflowers were replaced due to maintenance problems.

    As a sometime motorcyclist, I'm rather partial to shrubbery over wildflowers where those wire barrier cheesecutters have been installed.

    In the event of a crash, the shrubbery might have a better chance than the pretty flowers do of absorbing some of my impact energy before the wire gets to slice off one of my limbs or decapitate me.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Laws has now replied, informing the mother that it is her fault her son is Asperger.

    Just, wow.

    Lhaws has jumped off the slippery slope all right. I hope Rex's police report gets followed through, although I'm uneasy about potential reprisals from Lhaws' Lhoyalists if it is. How big exactly? Potentially something bigger than Henrygate.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    3 News website story by Dan Satherly.

    Laws is quoted, then posts a whiny comment. It's conceivable that his rude reply to Marilynn McLachlan meant something other than everyone thought it did, but it's also quite possible he knew what he was saying.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Hilary Stace,

    Nice to hear that my complaint to the editor added to the avalanche. Shows it is worth doing.
    Also the photograph with the Satherley article is particularly scary.

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

    Mr Lhaws' philosophy: If a square peg won't fit in a round hole, get a bigger hammer. Rinse and repeat.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Bart Janssen, in reply to Russell Brown,

    I want a T-shirt that says "PC-wet".

    I liked this

    Mr Brown calls Mr Laws' comments "extremely unpleasant".

    Were those really the first words that came to mind?

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 4461 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Russell Brown,

    3 News website story by Dan Satherly.

    Nice work. Now they just need to speed up the comment moderation..

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • recordari,

    Now they just need to speed up the comment moderation..

    They need to speed up the LHaws moderation.

    Would someone please take his platform away? He is doing no one anything but harm. Including himself. If it wasn't so blindingly obvious, for anyone who can read, how stressful this must be for Arie, his family and now Marilynn McLachlan and hers, it would almost be funny.

    He is self-destructing. I predict YouTube clips any moment.

    As Sacha points out, there are standards, both in broadcasting and in human decency. Who is going to uphold them?

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • recordari, in reply to Bart Janssen,

    I want a T-shirt that says “PC-wet”.

    Ok, apologies for flippancy, but would that be a ‘PC-wet T-shirt’ competition?

    Alternatively know as a ‘dry T-shirt’ competition.

    <droll>

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • nzlemming, in reply to Bart Janssen,

    I want a T-shirt that says “PC-wet”.

    Water and computers don't mix.


    What?

    Waikanae • Since Nov 2006 • 2937 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha,

    Was a lag for a while - common with batch moderating (just annoying when yours is one of em). Great blunt comment there by Paul Williams (17 Mar 2011 6:08pm):

    Michael, you might want to reflect on whether or not you, a person forced to resign from parliament because of your deceit, should call others out for truthfulness?

    What is tragic about this situation is that you have nothing other than a track record of stupidity and double-standards.

    I once wondered if you were redeemable, around the time of Cam Campion's death; I wonder no more.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • recordari,

    Makes more sense down here.

    ETA

    Now they just need to speed up the comment moderation..

    No, you’re right they really do. When people start name calling back, it will only serve to drive more traffic to his ego, with more unfortunate collateral damage.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • vangam,

    Haha. David Kemsey couldn't wait to get out of there. Good show, Russ.

    Rangiora • Since Jun 2007 • 103 posts Report Reply

  • Hilary Stace,

    So if Steve Braunias lost his contract because he wrote a rude email to a reader, and now Laws has written an even ruder and more offensive email to another reader, doesn't that automatically mean that the company (since it seems to be higher than the editor) will terminate him? Should I email the editor to check?

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Hilary Stace,

    Tautoko Hilary - add that they will lose 3 subscribers from the Coast. And we could spread this further.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown,

    The show is here on demand, for those of you who didn't catch the broadcast.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Russell Brown,

    O coool!
    I didnt realise I could pick it up from here!
    Thank you.
    And the SST editor has loong skid marks in his recollections- I will similarly & pubically renounce any buying from anything that is
    a)associated with Michael Lhaws, and,
    b)the SST
    (have already cancelled the family edition.)

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand,

    A very good point, Hilary. Call me stupid but I thought being an editor of a newspaper means having responsibility for all that goes in it.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report Reply

  • Carol Stewart, in reply to Islander,

    I will similarly & pubically renounce

    Sounds messy :-)

    Wellington • Since Jul 2008 • 830 posts Report Reply

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