Posts by Craig Ranapia
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to nzlemming,
Actually, it is. Did you ever stop to question that your reception of what people write here might be coloured by your own prejudices?
I'm very prejudiced against people who think it's OK to talk smack about women as long as you don't like their politics, or what their husbands do for a living. I get enormously fucked off when women in politics or business are shat on as "ruthless" and "power-hungry" when men aren't; and apparently if said woman is married to someone the enlightened disdain, well there's nothing that she's not capable of, right?
Too fucking right I'm prejudiced against that kind of crap. The question is, Mark: Why aren't you?
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Hebe,
Dunno what’s patronising about noting that she’s very clever, utterly ruthless.
Yeah, I know. The whole “Wendy Deng = Anna Nicole Smith if her brains were as large as tits + gold-digging homewrecker x scheming Dragon Lady” meme isn’t objectionable at all. My bad.
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Hebe,
Hebe:
I don’t know what the fuck Wendi Deng did to you, but could you try making one reference to her that isn’t offensive and patronising?
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Anyway, since it’s Friday some You Tube fun to round off what’s been a long, strange week (h/t DPF). I don’t know how you cede the moral high ground to a maggoty skid mark like Piers Morgan, but MP Louise Mensch pulled it off brilliantly.
Wait a mo', yes I do. Make a claim that just isn't true. Don't do the smart thing: Like apologise for your error of fact, while pointing out someone who was fired from The Daily Mirror (!) for publishing faked torture photos really should get the fuck off his moral Shetland pony.
How hard would that have been?
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Russell:
I'll concede the factfail on my part (practising what I preach and all that); and of course it's bleeding obvious that Coulson is facing incredibly serious criminal charges and Baldwin isn't. (Though the high-profile resignations at the Met doesn't mean there's still not questions to answer about the *cough* less than rigorous investigations into phone hacking allegations.)
But I still stand by my finding it deliciously ironic that Ed Milibrand's chief spin doctor came straight from the Evil Empire. As I said, I really don't think the public interest is that well-served when journalism is increasingly seen as a stepping stone to political/corporate PR rather than an end in itself.
Otherwise we should have a go at the Telegraph for effectively buying the materials that blew the expenses scandal wide open after it had been shopped to all of the other broadsheets.
Sorry, Matthew, who's playing the false equivalence now? Unless you've seen something I haven't, The Telegraph has consistently refused to disclose its source and neither confirmed-nor-denied that money changed hands to obtain the information. Also fair to point out that The Met declined to investigate these allegations.
But say the biggest story The Torygraph has broken in years was six-figure chequebook journalism? Do you think it's credible to say "yes, it was a legitimate story in the public interest" and still have serious ethical qualms about journalists and editors paying for stories?
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And I'd also note a little irony about the phone-hacking that someone on Mediawatch last week pointed out: It's hard to see any news-worthy information obtained that couldn't have been uncovered legally by old school leg work.
But as the same person pointed out, that takes time, experience and a properly resourced newsroom and an institutional memory at your back. I don't think stringing up Rupert Murdoch from the nearest lamp post is going to do a damn thing to break that vicious circle.
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It’s actually quite insulting to Baldwin to somehow compare him to Coulson.
Diddums. Look, Ashcroft has alleged that The Times tired to hack his phone. (Which The Times and Baldwin have strenuously denied.) Frankly, you may think Ashcroft is a rich prick and you'd want a second opinion if he said fire was hot and water was wet. Fair enough.
But I don't think it's Tory spin to note that Ed Milibrand's anti-Murdoch tirades have probably been lovingly polished by a spin doctor fresh from the more respectable end of the evil empire.
And if (please note the emphasis) Ashcroft is right, and Baldwin -- or anyone else at The Times -- broke the law, I don't give a figgy fart how "distinguished" and "dogged" he is. If we actually live in a society under the rule of law, then the law protects everyone. Even folks like Lord Ashcroft and seedy celebutards we enlightened folks don't like.
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to 3410,
Can we just agree to leave the Jewish people out of it until it’s relevant?
At the moment, I'm inclined to suggest there's a great Media7/Mediawatch crossover in how conspiracy theorising can run a marathon before actual evidence is warmed up. :)
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Paul Campbell,
With all due respect, Paul, I think "the fundies" have more pressing issues with John Key than him being a tool of the Elders of Zion.
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Paul Campbell,
last thing he wants is a “jewish PM won’t stand up to Israel (like Helen did)” meme to get out there in an election year
Honestly, Paul, I’d give folks outside the Kiwibog/Sub-Standard sewer a lot more credit. Yes, folks, I do believe that no matter how grim and desperate the campaign may get for Labour that’s one depth not even Trevor Mallard would sink to. And, frankly, you think whistling for that dog wouldn't be more damaging for Phil Goff than Key?
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