Posts by Cecelia
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Alfie,
It's fantastic.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Thanks, Craig. I'll check out "Pinkoes and Traitors".
I enjoyed Q&A this am, not the bit on dollar parity so much but the section on city planning and the Greek economy. Good and relevant causes, passionate people, engaged interviewers and presenters. (We have to forgive Hannah DP for the Slater piece on Seven Sharp) Why wouldn't the rest of NZ want to see that sort of thing packaged with the news? Before it I saw 15 minutes of "Attitude". Once again, fascinating. Maybe I am feeling a bit of Golden Age nostalgia but I kind of think we had that sort of TV in prime time back in the 70s to 90s???!!!
As for Golden Ages of TV, isn't there one going on in parts of the world, USA, France, Scandinavia, UK (?): The Wire, Breaking Bad, True Detective, The Bridge, The Killing, Borgen, Spiral, Transparent, Mad Men, Black Mirror, The Missing.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Hmmmm. Sort of see where you're coming from but "risible", "dreck" and "dotage" seem a bit OTT.
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Can't agree with you here. Brian Edwards has just written a really good post on John Campbell. When he and Ian Fraser were around on TV we had primetime current affairs and serious interviews. I remember feeling indignant because Ian Fraser was rude to the Shah of Iran.
There were art programmes. There were regional programmes in the 7 pm spot which were light entertainment but less fluffy than what we get now (?)
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Hard News: About Campbell Live, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I didn’t see the School in a Box segment. I believe that John Campbell keeps worthy issues alive by these brief references and follow-ups. It’s hard to argue this case without sounding callous but I believe that Simon was arguing that “Campbell Live is the last bastion of current affairs journalism” is a romantic view of Campbell rather than the reality. In fact there are lots of snippets that are frustratingly lacking in depth. I wonder if more people would watch if it really DID examine issues in more depth and gave Campbell the forum he deserves. I mean, the fact that he’s losing viewers might mean that if people want to watch a magazine type show they might prefer Seven Sharp (watched it once and have never gone back). I've signed the petition because I respect and admire John Campbell. When I watched the show last night as I promised I would, my mind wandered after the Romanian story. Go ahead and shoot me down in flames and call me privileged!
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She makes a good point about Bryce Edwards’ credulity re. David Farrar’s manipulations.
Yes, and I find this ironic.
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Fran O'Sullivan is marvellous this morning. Looks at the political angle.
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Hmmm. I have just switched off tonight's show. Lost interest when the tourist driving item screened then saw that after the break there would be something about hens. (I found the Romanian woman's story worthy but sort of emotionally manipulative. Is that fair? I know that the poor woman has no other venue for her grief and CL might bring about a happy resolution for her, and yet ...)
John Campbell is truly marvellous but this is a waste of his talents. Maybe more of us would watch it if he was allowed to do weightier stories. Yes I know the tourist driving item is important but it's not something I'd switch on for whereas Campbell interviewing someone would interest me.
And the ads and promos are bloody annoying.
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Back to quality Campbell, remember that brilliant interview he did with John Key after the election? We all liked Key for a minute or two there.And Campbell brought that side of him out.