Posts by Juha Saarinen
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This could be a simple matter of deciding who we allow potential control of and access to for critical infrastructure. China or the US? Either way, Russell Norman clearly knows something the rest of us don't.
As for being employee-owned, I found out that it's not as simple as that.
The Perth to Singapore cable is now coming under scrutiny too.
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Lint and house keys. :\
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Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Almost always on that scale too, with assets seized without a trial?
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I've been told that it was 76 - seventy-six - police, with the Armed Offenders Squad in support that raided the mansion. All that because of unproven allegations.
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OnPoint: Association of Community…, in reply to Carrick Graham,
Ahem. Carrick? Maybe you should add a small, but important disclosure next?
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OnPoint: Association of Community…, in reply to Keith Ng,
And I never said you were a journalist. *BOOM*
I know. Have never quoted the ACR, see...
On a more serious note, your post is a very good example of something that gets on my bröstvårtor regularly. Unfortunately, the tobacco stuff is just one example though. Having followed the intellectual property, "free trade" and copyright circus for a while now, I've seen lots of made up "facts and figures" not just become part of stories but also ended up as accepted, trusted facts that laws are based upon.
Media is meant to hold the rich and powerful to account but since there's absolutely no sanctions against lying and hiding the truth, no matter how damaging such actions may be, it just doesn't work very well.
The ratio of PR people to journalists is three, maybe four to one currently. Leaving aside that they're better paid and equipped, PR people may say that lying doesn't work but at the same time, they're under no obligation to tell the truth.
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Give up, Keith. Now. It's about Content, which is apparently king. As long as you produce Content, all is well in this world and you make up stuff like the Auckland wharfies earning $91,000 a year while working 26 hour weeks, and therefore deserve to be fired at a cost to Aucklanders of around $24 million. Or something like that. What do I know? And, I'm not your friend.
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Keith. You are a drain brain.
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Well put. This is getting completely out of hand.
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That reminds me of... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:McCann_Erickson_Truth_Well_Told.gif