Posts by Cecelia
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Hard News: Privacy and the Public Interest, in reply to UglyTruth,
I think political parties are going to have to reach out to the public in different ways, starting soon after this election. I don't know exactly how but there needs to be a new paradigm. We desperately need interesting political discussion in the media. John Campbell is brilliant at some things but there's a lack of follow-through on political issues. Seven Sharp is ridiculous. Media Take is hidden from the wider public. Now that it looks as if the public are going to vote John Key back into office, I will do anything to help Green/Labour advance progressive politics in the next three years. Our country! Our environment!
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Hard News: Privacy and the Public Interest, in reply to sandra,
Forceful, Sandra, a cry from the heart. You express everything I feel except that many baby-boomers like me are not blue-rinsed Nat supporters. A week or so ago I went to a Grey Power meeting with the candidates where most of the questions were hostile to the government and the Green candidate got one of the warmest responses.
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Hard News: Privacy and the Public Interest, in reply to Kumara Republic,
I can empathise here. It IS a gap in the medical system. People who have had radiation treatment in the mouth are very very prone to tooth decay. The cancer treatment is free but the intensive dental surveillance they need for the rest of their lives is not.
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Hard News: Show some decency, in reply to Alison Cunningham,
I can still see Whaledump. My ISP disguises IP address???? Technically ignorant but ... Netflix etc.
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Hard News: Show some decency, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
And she wears the right colour scarf:)
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Steve Barnes,
What a great poem that you have written
It's like a damn fine piece of knittin'I knit my brows in some dismay
That Herald folks opined that way -
Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Rob Stowell,
The print version has a smallish sidebar "PM lands tax blow" on the front page and a double page spread pages 4 and 5. Banner headline: "Cunliffe's tax stumble brings back memories". There's a story where Cunliffe refutes Key's CGT claim but the dominant feature of the page is a grey box around the large central photo with four colourful articles by Herald journos (including Manhire!) saying that Key won.
I read the online reviews of the debate last night but I'm handling the Herald with tongs today. I'm so upset. Does that make me "tribal"?
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Rob Stowell,
You've said so well what I wanted to say but ...
Who are the hard-core Nat supporters who gave him a clear win? The Herald people?
Weren't the snarky wit and put-downs more forced and desperate this time?
Was the one gaffe in the context of the whole debate really worth the prominence it has been given in the Herald this am?
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Ha! Can't think of any knitting puns but Macbeth crying for sleep comes to mind, "sleep that knits the ravelled sleeve of care". Way off topic unless you can think of a link.
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Hard News: Why we thought what we thought, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Not innuendo. I wouldn't be surprised if Key was cracking under the strain of Dirty Politics and the ways it's developing. If he wasn't literally drunk, he had cast himself in a silly, schoolboy role which was most unbecoming of a PM. Last time people said, "Why wasn't John Key as funny as usual?" So he wound himself up to be funny and overdid it.
Or was it meant to be a schoolboy debate? Maybe I missed the point?