Posts by Craig Ranapia
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When will she have the courage of her political convictions and take personal responsibility? A simple "I was wrong" would do.
Don:
What do 'political convictions' have to do with it? At the risk of getting a wee bit circle jerky, here's a textbook example of owning up. Really, Debs, not that hard once your ego gets out of the picture.
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So neither Alan Samson (who's a particularly accomplished reporter, especially on science topics) {...} were involved in this particular decision.
But at the risk of shagging a hobby horse, I do hope Samson is taking that expertise into the classroom - drumming the phrase 'correlation does not imply causation' into the next generation of Massey journalism graduates would be a start, and a considerable public service.
Seriously, does anyone else think Coddington and North and South might have been saved considerable damage if, well, the story had been through a significantly more rigorous editorial and fact-checking process? Like, by someone who could have seen the thesis was not supported by the evidence?
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(But wait, is that setting up a straw man or a bait-and-switch? Debaters - help me!)
Try c) all of the above. And did a blogger once touch Debs in a naughty place - she seems to use the b-word with a level of contempt most of us reserve for kiddie-fiddlers, Paris Hilton and Mercury Energy. :)
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I thought Debs would be all for the Press Council - industry self-regulation and all that. But snark aside, I have to note the irony of Fairfax and the__ Herald__ -- not exactly the gold standard of truth, justice and basic statistical literacy and numeracy - being on the Press Council, but it's a little rich of Coddington to complain about scrutiny and criticism of her work.
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Danyl:
I don't know if it's current but according to the NZPC's own website the current membership is:
NEW ZEALAND PRESS COUNCIL OFFICERS
Barry Paterson CNZM, OBE, QC Independent Chairman, Retired High Court Judge, Auckland
Mary Major SecretaryRepresenting the public:
Ruth Buddicom Barrister, Christchurch
Denis McLean Retired diplomat, Wellington
Lynn Scott Director, Whangarei Heads
Aroha Puata Lawyer and mother, Upper Hutt
Keith Lees Teacher, ChristchurchRepresenting the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA)
Clive Lind Editorial Development, FairfaxNZ, Wellington
John Gardner New Zealand Herald Assitant-Editor, AucklandRepresenting Magazine Publishers
Terry Snow Editor, The Shed Magazine, AucklandRepresenting the NZ Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (Media Division)
Alan Samson Lecturer, Massey University School of Journalism
Penny Harding Journalist, WellingtonTo be honest, I don't know whether I'd really give the EMPU, Massey School of Journalism or anyone employed by the Fairfax Grope or__The Herald__ much weight as ethical arbiters, but that's a whole other issue. :)
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The more I think about it, here's what really disappoints me about Coddington's response. I don't think anyone -- least of all Tze Ming -- is interested in some bland 'politically correct' media culture of ethnic boosterism, or where we don't have sometimes uncomfortable (even outright rancid) public debate.
But let's be honest for a moment: Doesn't every hack and blogger have - or should have - their own Hall of Shame, where they've gone out to prove a thesis and (to be polite) not been as scrupulous with the veritas as they should be? I've certainly expended a lot of bile about statistical illiteracy and innumeracy in the media.
People fuck up, and there's no reason why journalists should be any different. But what really disturbs me is that there seems to be a media culture where (to paraphrase Elton John) sorry is the hardest word...
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And to be equally fair, the phrase 'Coddingtonwallop' does show up several times in a search of PA - but unless Russell's multiple personalities spend way too much time on-line, I can't find a single example where Mr. Brown called her any such thing. Just for Ms. Coddington's benefit,I've locked horns with Russell over the years - and ended up as a contributor to PA Radio (which makes me co-conspirator, I guess) - but can't fault Russell for sending out his sock puppets to destroy anyone's reputation.
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Buggered off to Switzerland with their loverly lolly. A former colleague of mine once opined if they came back to New Zealand they should be hung for treason.
And it's dribble like that that makes me wonder why anyone stays -- though if this week's goden boys don't bring back that big silver ashtray, there won't be any room on the gallows for Messers Fay and Richwhite...
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And for the record, I have significantly larger issues with George Walker Bush than his diction.
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Paula:
Oh, FFS... isn't all this "George Dubya make newkular out of nuclear" bullshit about eight years past its use-by date? It's snotty, condescending - and most of all, don't Kiwis love getting really pissy when we're on the receiving end of that kind of condescension from the likes of Paul Theroux, John Cleese or Alain De Botton?
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