Posts by Jose Barbosa
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Ouch... my bad. Sorry about that, because I get rather pissy when people FUBAR my name and it's nice to repay the courtesy.
Are you high?
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Parker's conduct was measured, temperate and actually did his reputation no harm at all
Exactly. And it's Jose.
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Very interesting to hear Peters state that he will not let what happened to David Parker happen to him. I'd argue Parker is better off now.
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But it is perhaps a project for a dedicated loon to think about.
I've begun sleeping exclusively with billionaires, so stay tuned. ;)
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one my earliest memories is the bed made for us kids out the back of the shop, where we would fall asleep to the clatter of commerce
Luxury! I spent eight years as a school kid living in a kiwifruit grading shed and ate nothing but avocados.
I am sure many of the journalists at the conference just saw a big blank space on their mental life map with "here be dragons" on it when you mentioned setting up their very own publication.
I don't doubt it, that's why I said it would be easier said than done. But at the very least there should have been discussion about the idea, rather than silence. I think I even saw a tumbleweed blow through.
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This reminds me of something that came up at the EPMU Journalism Conference last year.
Consolidated media ownership was pretty much the theme of the conference (as well as a general fear of "new media" and the internet).
I suggested towards the end of the two days that if media ownership was the problem, as everyone seemed to be saying, then maybe it's time for a group of journalists to run their own paper. Easier said than done of course, but an obvious solution I thought.
For all the enthusiasm the suggestion received I would have been better off using Audrey Young's laptop as a chamber pot.
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If it's links ye want try my favourite new thing: Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe.
Watch Brooker take the piss out of Craig Parker.
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RE: Alt TV
Leaving Naked News (I should point out that at bFM we've been reading our news naked for years) and the technical problems with Driver's show aside:
At least Driver and Bomber have given it a good whack and I watch it because I can't remember the last time someone on TV has been able to interview one person for half an hour. They've at least got to be given some kudos for trying to get away from the soundbite mentality of TV current affairs.
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I can't believe John Key, when asked where the cuts in the public sector would be, he responded "health, education and welfare."
Right, 'cause those sectors don't need more resources.
Actually I suppose there's a case for less top level management in health; that can all be contracted out, of course.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/20/library-starts-to-in.html#comments
Brilliant quote in comments