Comments on: Citizen journalism http://thestandard.org.nz/citizen-journalism/ The New Zealand labour movement used to have its own newspaper. A group of us thought that now might be a good time for it to be digitally reborn: The Standard v2.0 - now in a new format The Standard v3.0 Sun, 27 May 2012 08:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gosman http://thestandard.org.nz/citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-151058 Gosman Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:57:32 +0000 http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=18098#comment-151058 I think credit should be directed at Boris for having the gumption to stop and answer an obviously hostile crowd of protestors. As he rightly pointed out he is hamstrung in terms of funding. Perhaps these women protestors would have more luck directing their energies to those who actually control the funding. I think credit should be directed at Boris for having the gumption to stop and answer an obviously hostile crowd of protestors. As he rightly pointed out he is hamstrung in terms of funding. Perhaps these women protestors would have more luck directing their energies to those who actually control the funding.

]]> By: sausage fingers http://thestandard.org.nz/citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-150888 sausage fingers Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:07:48 +0000 http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=18098#comment-150888 <i>The changover point from a predominantly news-based report with some weather, to a predominantly weather-based report with some news should happen towards then end of 2012.</i> Ha! Someone once told me that, in the year of Elvis' death there were (something like) four fulltime paid Elvis impersonators in the world. Two years later there were so many that, if the rate of growth continued, one in four people was to be an Elvis impersonator by the year 2000. Sadly, it never happened. Now that would have been a much more amusing crisis than the Y2K thing. Imagine getting telephoned by government departments in the months leading up to 1 January and asked what plans your business had in place to deal with a world where one in four people ate 600 cheeseburgers a day. The changover point from a predominantly news-based report with some weather, to a predominantly weather-based report with some news should happen towards then end of 2012.

Ha!

Someone once told me that, in the year of Elvis’ death there were (something like) four fulltime paid Elvis impersonators in the world. Two years later there were so many that, if the rate of growth continued, one in four people was to be an Elvis impersonator by the year 2000.

Sadly, it never happened. Now that would have been a much more amusing crisis than the Y2K thing. Imagine getting telephoned by government departments in the months leading up to 1 January and asked what plans your business had in place to deal with a world where one in four people ate 600 cheeseburgers a day.

]]> By: BLiP http://thestandard.org.nz/citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-150887 BLiP Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:05:59 +0000 http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=18098#comment-150887 Excellent example of how to bring accountability to elected officials. Would love to see John Key and the rest of his National Inc mobsters (including Chopper, Basher, Crusher, Folly-Acid, and Iky-Wiki and the rest of the crew) facing some flash-mob press conferences. Seems unlikely they would stop their Beemers but a couple of nail-mats would sort that out. The MSM can't be trusted to do anything other than maximise return to shareholders. As their newspapers start turning into daily versions of the Womans Weekly, their radio stations devolve into dog-pits, and their television news into extended weather forecasts, the blogosphere must take up the challenge of ressurecting the Fourth Estate. Excellent example of how to bring accountability to elected officials. Would love to see John Key and the rest of his National Inc mobsters (including Chopper, Basher, Crusher, Folly-Acid, and Iky-Wiki and the rest of the crew) facing some flash-mob press conferences. Seems unlikely they would stop their Beemers but a couple of nail-mats would sort that out.

The MSM can’t be trusted to do anything other than maximise return to shareholders. As their newspapers start turning into daily versions of the Womans Weekly, their radio stations devolve into dog-pits, and their television news into extended weather forecasts, the blogosphere must take up the challenge of ressurecting the Fourth Estate.

]]> By: mike http://thestandard.org.nz/citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-150870 mike Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:22:45 +0000 http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=18098#comment-150870 Good of Boris to stop for the angry mobette Can you imagine Gordon Brown or any of his other soon to be unemployed mates stopping their mercs? Good of Boris to stop for the angry mobette

Can you imagine Gordon Brown or any of his other soon to be unemployed mates stopping their mercs?

]]> By: bobo http://thestandard.org.nz/citizen-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-150848 bobo Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:18:20 +0000 http://www.thestandard.org.nz/?p=18098#comment-150848 Never seen a bicycled pedalcade of bodyguards before. I wonder if London's protest vote for Boris is wearing off now? Never seen a bicycled pedalcade of bodyguards before. I wonder if London’s protest vote for Boris is wearing off now?

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