Posts by Sacha
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I agree it's better in that form. I'm not just talking about tv and merely pointing out how contingent that particular improvement may be. Wouldn't you say the tabloidisation of mass print journalism (and most tv) more than makes up for what two new channels can offer? On the other hand, online media may be less monolithic but it sure is plentiful.
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I hope someone is having a quiet word to that effect
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Because of the size of the broadcast audience and the number of repetitions, I'd say the composer is in for a six figure royalty payment. Regardless of who performs or what the choice of song says about us to the world, wouldn't you rather that money went to a New Zealander?
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The violence problems of NZ society aren't caused by media
Not alone, no. However if media didn't influence behaviour, do you really think advertisers would pay for a place in it?
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pre-judgey
pantaloons?
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You are both cherished
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if he hadn't brought it up.
But Russell didn’t in the first place, and having watched the whole clip I'm grateful he removed it. After considering what has been said already – and what hasn’t - I just don’t feel comfortable letting this pass without comment.
First, I agree with Sandra at LudditeJourno’s assessment :
The vicious misogyny of this video is staggering
It's the nastiest piece of shit I've ever seen (not that I seek out woman-hating garbage or bad examples of this musical style when there are so many good ones). Here’s my main concern though:
just couldn't get the lolz
Real funny, Robbie. There’s a bigger story about gender, violence and ethnicity - and it is not arms-length for us here. Please remember that Robbie knew why this clip was controversial and deliberately chose to place it immediately after his words about the young female journalists:
i guess the final irony is, the anonymous 'victims' original intent for the story was to get an opinion from Bailey regarding his last incarceration, with the end result being they are now culpable in the charges that will probably see him getting jailed again.
where's the justice ?... maybe karma will sort them out.
Consider that last phrase. This is no accident, and quite in keeping with previous misogynist garbage about Kurariki. Sure there are a range of social and structural issues around gendered violence, justice and the place of young men, including polynesian young men.
But at a personal level I’m not sure why you haven’t been set right by some older men you respect, Robbie. You need to know it’s time to grow up. Real men don’t spread shit like this - it's not a game, and you're not some big-talking hero of the streets. Real people get hurt when attitudes like this are promoted as OK. They’re not.
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Hence the modifier - unless you're "hard-working" and "mainstream" as well
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All stick, no investment
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For the purposes of study and review of course..
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