Archive for the ‘Media issues’ Category
Why has @TheNBR been so #slippery about their apology to Phil Kitchin and @DomPost?
I wouldn’t normally highlight a retraction and apology from a newspaper as I did yesterday (see: By an amazing coincidence) regarding The National Business Review‘s by-all-appearances-brokered-to-head-off-legal-action retraction and apology to Phil Kitchin and The Dominion Post. (There but for the grace of god, etc …) But it seems to me as a reader, not a […]
By an amazing coincidence
On the same day The National Business Review printed a retraction & apology: … the Waikato Times web team also made a startling confession:
A wonderful NZ short film ‘The Six Dollar Fifty Man’
I hadn’t seen this … The Six Dollar Fifty Man from NZ Shorts on Vimeo.
There’s a joke in this … somewhere
Hello new thing. This (below) is apparently a tractor slander shaft. Oh, boy. There’s got to be a joke in there … And then there’s the ASB Bank’s use of the wonderful Brian Blessed (immortal in Blackadder as Richard IV) in their ‘be proud/celebrate success’ advertising campaign. I don’t rilly get the joke (yet). Below […]
Calling out haters like Cameron Slater
Recently, in a post Cameron Slater is social media “beef lasagne” I referred to the tactics of Pakuranga’s political attack blogger: Cameron’s schtick is fizzing up nonsense for the purposes of Shock! Horror! spittle-flecked and dishonest attacks on people with whom he disagrees online. His purpose is to ‘hurt’ them. If by his ravings and […]
I would have thought Dana Perino would have learned about the risks of ambiguity
Bob Woodward’s credibility-eviscerating ‘I been threatened by the White House!’ (er, not really, actually) episode has seen a lot of ink and electrons spilt. I don’t need to add to it. But this short statement (above) from former GW Bush press secretary Dana Perino caught my eye because it wasn’t clear. Even my favourite right […]
Top Posts – February 2013
Some of the most-viewed posts at ThePaepae.com in February … We was brung up proper! Cameron Slater is social media “beef lasagne” An update on Michael Williams and the Howick Local Board Beware the ubiquitous PDF? Really? Top 10 NZ property investment books – Auckland City Libraries Mr Phil Jones: re-heating cold horseshit Let a […]
I like Mihingarangi Forbes
I like journalist Mihingarangi Forbes* and I don’t care who knows it, or whether they agree or disagree with me. It’s good to have her voice, her character, her background and her point of view represented on our airwaves. Read Sarah Stuart’s Twleve Questions with Mihingarangi Forbes. Good on her. Congratulations on her new job […]
Cool video
PAIFF 2012 Festival Trailer – Tribute to Eadweard Muybridge: The Man Who Made Pictures Move from Palo Alto Int'l Film Festival on Vimeo.
Is internet ad filtering THEFT? Or a response to abuse?
I’ve worked in commercial radio so I understand the commercial reality: In radio, TV, newspapers and magazines, advertising revenue is what keeps the lights on. Advertising pays the bills. Traditionally (which doesn’t always mean it’s good, right?) advertising in these media has been predominantly a version of interruption marketing — viz. find something your target […]
Cameron Slater is social media “beef lasagne”
Oh dear. In another example of his near-pathological ‘I-can-dish-it-out-but-can’t-take-it’ mindset, Pakuranga’s social media thug Cameron Slater is emoting ‘upset’ about comments on Twitter. (sigh) This loutish, heavy-handed propagandist makes a habit of cyberstalking, goading and abusing public figures and those whom he perceives as the National Party’s political enemies … and some within the Party […]
Jemima Khan’s must-read article about Julian Assange
In this insightful, articulate article, Jemima Khan addresses some of the issues and events surrounding Wikileaks and Julian Assange … and echoes one of my perennial themes: tribalism and how it blunts understanding. On the subject of Assange, pundits on both the left and the right have become more interested in tribalism than truth. The […]
Top posts – January 2013
Some of the most-viewed posts at ThePaepae.com in January … Bunfight at Howick Local Board Spoofing David Fisher What I didn’t say at the Howick Local Board last night Farewell Aaron Swartz Top 10 NZ property investment books – Auckland City Libraries About The Paepae Mr Phil Jones: re-heating cold horseshit Is Android catching up? […]
