Posts by Sacha
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Arse. I fail. Note to self: drink coffee before posting.
Rich, that's a brilliant combination of Paul Henry and one of Mr Slacks' haiku. I salute you in this time of billboards.
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<aside>Julian, are you one of Rod's sons?
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This made the biggest impression on me - the scene from the BBC "Dancing in the Streets" doco with Bronx kids clambering up chainlink fences by dusty basketball courts with Kraftwerk blasting the soundtrack.
Birth of hip hop, and I hadn't realised at all. Spine tingling.
I'll also admit to earlier buying some Tangerine Dream after hearing them in the Risky Business train scene. Wasn't paying much attention to Tom Cruise, even then.
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Craig, Craig, Craig. You have complained about other people distorting your positions, and here you go doing it to me.
I don't want the Herald to reflect Wishart's extremism. Never said that, and putting words in my mouth makes you look more than a little desperate. You can do so much better, as others have noted.
I do want the Herald to either be honest about their bias or to simply stop seeking the most favourable interpretation for only one side of the argument - that's what I mean by slant. Look at the choice of adjectives and framing in that Key piece (heck, just examine the headlines and pictures on the front page). Now imagine a proper comparative content analysis that does the same over many editions for stories about National and Labour. I'm not the only one who would bet on that result. Go ahead and be contrary if you like, but it's beyond worth arguing about from what I've heard, read, etc. Better things to discuss.
Note I'm not talking about all media and I'm not talking about the history of capitalist ownership. Just the Herald, and just the last couple of years.
I'd say the right have an equally reasonable gripe about Radio NZ - though funnily enough that has been given a public airing already.
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Kyle, don't take my word for it - although there was a whole thread somewhere back there. Anyway, you may recall that Russell summarised the article as "Why John Key is so freaking amazing". I'm talking about tone, slant and other such things.
Actually I'm off to watch telly. Less depressing. :)
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Hah, godwinned already. Too easy. :)
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Craig, when the Harold offers equal opportunity handjobs like the fulsome one it gave Johnny boy, we can have a conversation. I'm not going to waste my time for now, either.
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Or when the evidence is against you, old bean. :)
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Metiria Turei - standing between.. oh I give up. Impressive performer anyway, and seems to be coming from a different angle than her older Green colleagues. Less hectoring, perhaps.
Nice blog, Giovanni.
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The journo clearly didn't do as good a job as you of connecting the dots, Craig. Or Rees lied to him. Either way, her behaviour is not on.
However, the Herald has displayed a bias over the last couple of years which is readily apparent to many of us (not just because we don't agree with the content), so you're wasting your breath trying to say it goes both ways. It doesn't.
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