Comments on: National moves to trash RNZ

By: Kiwipolitico » Blog Archive » Unmix these metaphors

Kiwipolitico » Blog Archive » Unmix these metaphors — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:52:09 +0000

[...] which would stand to benefit from his actions as a minister; attacks against Radio NZ which benefit Joyce’s former business partners; attacks against ACC which benefit the insurance industry to which [...]

By: Lew

Lew — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:34:37 +0000

Cheers Phil. Love your work too.

By: jab-a-wock

jab-a-wock — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:29:02 +0000

Spot on, mate!

By: Phil O'Brien

Phil O'Brien — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:13:55 +0000

Brilliant. Thank you.

By: felix

felix — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:55:42 +0000

I used to listen quite a bit, but now I just pour Wet & Forget all over the radio and let nature do the work.

By: Lew

Lew — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:32:40 +0000

Felix, it rings so true that I pity you, the number of hours you’ve spent listening to those channels.

By: felix

felix — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:29:11 +0000

S: “Tell me Geoff, how do function so well in the mornings?”

G: “Well Sean, it’s all down to Nature Bee. Katherine, on the other hand, sleeps on magnetic deer velvet. And what’s more, her sense of journalistic ethics is back!”

K: “Yes, well I need it with him around!”

By: Journalistic independence, or why RNZ matters « The Standard

Journalistic independence, or why RNZ matters « The Standard — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:11:39 +0000

[...] As Lew notes in The Standard’s comments: [...]

By: randal

randal — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:54:46 +0000

how soon do we get ads for erectile dysfunction on the concert programme?

By: pollywog

pollywog — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:38:59 +0000

80k to talk shit on the radio ?…so why the fuck am i doing it for free here ?

…ayo hookusup !!!

By: felix

felix — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:29:32 +0000

Fitzsimons gone, Bradford gone, yet Kedgley still walks the earth.

It’s the Beatles all over again.

By: Macro

Macro — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:42:10 +0000

Again teenie troll you display a complete lack of understanding of the things you are talking about. Private schools were already heavily subsidised by tax payers the last budget sent more funding in their direction at the expense of schools and education that provided for the public as a whole. People are free to send their children to schools other than public schools if they wish, and as a parent I have. But that is their choice.They should not be expecting the public to fund them.

By: Pascal's bookie

Pascal's bookie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:34:18 +0000

Of all the Green Party MP’s to have moved on, Kedgley would have been my favorite.

The phrase “filling a much needed gap” comes to mind.

By: Lew

Lew — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:24:36 +0000

And this interview on Morning Report today is the case in point of why we need NatRad: Geoff Robinson tackles the issue head-on as an important matter of the public interest, plays devil’s advocate and at one point when John Boscawen asks him to say whether he thinks there is a lack of funding, tells him “it’s not my job to defend Radio New Zealand, it’s my job to ask questions of both of you”. Goddamned right.

I just wish they’d got someone more competent than the hapless Sue Kedgley on, just repeating the same assertion over and again. Boscawen had her for breakfast, and he’s not exactly the sharpest tool in the box.

By: wtl

wtl — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:02:48 +0000

And seemingly taking that popularity for granted.