Posts by nzlemming
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I realise that there is another side to this: the sheer weight of requests, often themselves highly political, or near-vexatious, that suck up resources.
A lot of this would go away if agencies published everything unless there was a good reason not to. It would save them time and resources and was where the original act and the Framework for Government-Held Information was pointing. Disk storage is infinite.
But the mortal fear of having a cockup exposed will always prevent this, and now we have the added factor of dodgy decisions being made for political purposes (e.g. RoNS). Sadly, the Auditor-General doesn't see it as part of their role to police whether agencies are living up to their legislative requirements.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to BenWilson,
The solution to our politics being hijacked by secret interests using dirty tactics is not to join them, but to shine as bright a light on it as possible, as Hager did.
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In short, I think we need to supplant the news media with information media, devoid of rhetoric and spin. It seems to be happening already, that people already seek data out for themselves, but it could be vastly improved.
Agreed. Well said.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Sacha,
Yes. Always thought ‘together’ was a useful word for the left.
The problem is that Labour isn't 'together' in itself, let alone able to get alongside of anyone else.
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Finally throttled down my strained outrage-ometer and finished the book. Fuck, what horrible people. And what restrained reportage from Hager - he could have delved into the personal detail he obviously had access to, and a lesser journalist might have, but the picture he painted just by constraining himself to the political is bad enough.
Something must happen. I now have to think hard about how.
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Hard News: Friday Music: There have been…, in reply to Russell Brown,
You could take the idea a step further and have Paul Henry do his bit before anyone arrives.
In a totally different venue and all.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to mark taslov,
The work of GBSA is never complete. It’s a twisted cycle.
Graham is not a member of Prinz and is not subject to its code of ethics.
Surprise, surprise.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to nzlemming,
I must admit the revelation on nat radio this morning that Slater (spit) et al are in the process of starting their own agency sort of sent a shiver down my spine
I missed that. Is it online?
Ah, Freed. Right. I'll make a place for it, right next to the New Zealand Truth archive.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Paul Campbell,
I must admit the revelation on nat radio this morning that Slater (spit) et al are in the process of starting their own agency sort of sent a shiver down my spine
I missed that. Is it online?
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to Jack Harrison,
So you think Hager shouldn’t have published?
I don't necessarily think you can put that interpretation on what Rob said.
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Hard News: The Hager saga continues, in reply to mark taslov,
To me – though I’ve not read the book and do appreciate the quote you have provided – these allegations do seem to be about Slater and Lusk.
I have read the book and that is the meaning. Hager is careful to never allege that Hide succumbed to blackmail. He reports only that Slater and Lusk (in their own words) planned to force him to resign by revealing texts Hide allegedly sent to a female that was not his wife. He notes also that Hide did resign within a week of the Slater/Lusk conversation.