http://thestandard.org.nz/100-academics-opposed-to-league-tables/#comment-494682 Edit: evening
The sight of that deflated spy dish balloon still fills me with pride. Good on those protesters for bringing attention to our shameful involvement in the US wars of terror.
Justice Minister Judith Collins said Anzac day was a day of commemoration and remembering the dead. "Frankly to reduce it into a three day weekend is, I think, very disrespectful to the people whose lives have been lost. If people need to have a holiday to...
@prism I'm all for better writing, when it's just text writing style is right up there with content in terms of creating a good experience - it's just that your suggestion plays into the hands of anyone gaming the system with multiple IP addresses and Id's...
That's a bridge too far Prism, I think the mods (and contributors who sometime do their work for them) do a great job here and can see no need for a blanket rule - that's my 2c anyway...
Oh the shifting sands of meaning TRP - until 2010 the editorial was wiki this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Opinion_piece&oldid=349195101 The Oxford however is quite clear: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/editorial The ...
oh look, now the comments are back on lol
What a coincidence - the Herald has turned off comments on its Editorial, a bit sensitive to criticism it seems...
Congrats Anthony, keep up the good work (on both fronts)
Edit: Which suggests that in his opinion the diversity of views in editorials comes about from having a range of different authors, and that the choice of which author to publish rests solely in the hands of The Editor (singular). Insufficient proof ...
I see where you are coming from, and I agree that the owner/ paper/ writer relationships do raise questions regarding journalistic Epistemology/ Ontology which are not easily settled. With the transfer of more and more of the fourth estate into the hands ...
A paper cannot hold a 'view' or an 'opinion' these are person specific attributes. The words belong unequivocally to the author, the decision to publish is attributable to those whom have the authority to make the decision. My assertion is that the public ...
I stand corrected TRP - However tradition or no I can see no valid reason for readers to not be informed of who is responsible for the article. An editorial coveys an impression of authority - however there can be no authority without accountability. If ...
Thanks for the link Tony. The practice of unattributed Editorials must stop - the only reason a name was not attached in the past was because everyone knew who the Editor was - now it could be any one of a number of different people. Given the often ...
Sign the petition! "We call on the actual Editors of New Zealand's Newspapers to bring an end to unattributed/ anonymous Editorials." http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/An_end_to_unattributed_anonymous_Editorials_in_New_Zealands_Newspapers/?fWBudcb&pv=3
No - the point is that the tests do not prove intoxication, they only show use and use 3 weeks prior or on the weekend does not constitute a safety threat. As for the danger, forestry is potentially a very dangerous and certainly physically demanding ...
Blinglish is just a clown performing his sad stand up comedy routine in front of a rent a crowd.
The following was sent to Herald by Eden - I will keep you posted on the response. Dear Editor, I am writing to complain about Sir Bob Jones’ article ‘Roll up, roll up - see the skinny freak’. Weight-based discrimination is a significant social problem and...
"From there we can go through the process of putting together a marketing campaign and all the fun on the first offering on Mighty River Power," Mr Key told Newstalk ZB yesterday. So Shonky thinks it's 'fun' pushing through a sale with unseemly haste that ...
Even the 'professionals' admit they are supping with the devil
I was talking about toddlers, and the "children aged five and over" referred to in the article who are a bit too young to be on the booze - but you have kindly illustrated my point - which was that if your kid 'fails' one of these 'tests' then next thing ...
Every individual needs a chance to become a person without medical intervention in the form of a psychotropic drug, especially at such young ages. Tests that normalise such interventions are not solving any problems, they are creating them.
Ministry 'hides test's real purpose' Community Action on Suicide Prevention Education and Research founder Maria Bradshaw [...]says the ministry does not disclose the questionnaire's real purpose to parents, and discourages those conducting the test to ...
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Irrespective of how many or when, one thing is certain - we should not be treating people like Australia treats its refugees.
Clarification: pay wall/ broadband comment was from Fairfax, not Devon as suggested above
Fairfax staff shocked but the PR machine never misses a beat: “[Fairfax has] kept a majority shareholding, so they are still at 50.1 percent, so they can maintain control of the business and still get access to dividends and some of the cash flow,” Devon’s...
@Paul Walker - Just agree to disagree - you're not winning anyone over by banging on that
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She was abysmal when she tried to show her 'human' side. http://thestandard.org.nz/paula-bennett-out-of-touch/
I suppose Gerry Brownlee is your shining light?
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