Posts by merc
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They monetised tv by giving it away, awe. I wonder if the wonderful Mr Joyce intends doing a Fay Richwhite on the spoils, at a respectable distance down the track (cough). Worth a small exile to gain a cheap media empire, or in this case a reverse takeover, because TVNZ is dead now...all we need is for the Sky City convention deal to take the building in Hobson Street...
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Dave Patrick,
Thanks again.
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Hard News: The Voyage of a Lifetime, in reply to tussock,
Thank you Tussock that is a very insightful comment.
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Dave Patrick,
Thank you for your answer. I get the feeling they may be the Govts. foil to the teacher's union?
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Yes, I use the word very reluctantly, but a case can be built up and argued that the decisions round for example, making SKY a monopoly, see clip above - could lead one to conclusions that are not associated with the public good.
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Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Thank you immensely for that clip.
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I have a son at high school and a daughter at university, and I hope with all my heart, this Govt's crass tinkering in those areas will ignite the spark that blows this bunch of self serving cretins off the levers of power for ever.
There, my bias in full view. Oh my, just saw the back-peddle clip...it's all the teachers fault, all...how much longer? -
Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Sacha,
Yes, I was not clear, I meant internally notified, written checks and measures, rules they must adhere to then answer to. Because the way this Govt. has been with the truth leaves me in no doubt that some very dubious decision making needs to be answered for, loan to Ironbridge being one, RONS another and in context, why do they feel they can just shutdown (and threaten) any media when they feel like it? Or do the charter school thing, or or or...for every back-peddle there are a welter of dodgy through-puts.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Lilith __,
In all sorts of media I generally go straight to the comments without reading the article.
Many media articles are template based, you only have to read the headline, the commencing sentence of every second paragraph, and the lead out, seriously. -
Hard News: Reading the Numbers, in reply to Russell Brown,
Steady on, everyone. Coleman did actually take to Cabinet a recommendation that TVNZ 7's funding be continued. Key was apparently relaxed about that, but Joyce (and English apparently) were not.
Same applies, this is another tactic Govt. uses, ultimately I know, and you know, it was not about the savings. Ignoring Cabinet is just another symptom of the malaise.