Posts by James Littlewood*
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So, the name of the survey influences people's answers, the questions' wording influence people's answers, and the way the survey is explained confuses people, so also potentially influences people's answers.
Actually, the introduction I saw said the survey is over, and that whatever they have on their website now simply invites us to profile ourselves against the results of that survey. Kina like the political compass thing a few years ago.
Still, I'm only guessing, because "the tool" refuses to load on either Chrome or Safari. Which just leaves me free to wonder at the scientific veracity of surrounding the survey with story headlines:
Australian cops adopt adorable kangaroo
Family First hits out at gender neutral school bathrooms
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Hang on a sec. Are you saying that progressive Americans should vote Clinton because she's the least progressive option available to them, for the reason that - being hostile to their views - she will ipso facto increase their engagement and therefore allow them to sway her policy agenda?
Long bow. Because it's Friday, I'm just gonna say it: never in a million years.
Although if you were to say that Clinton's the one because she's the more electable candidate, I'd say yeah.
I've got some sympathy for the idea that progressive Americans promote Trump's Republican nomination, on the basis that he's got no chance of taking the Whitehouse.
But I gather that this same tactic was attempted during Reagan's nomination race against Bush Sr. Own goal. Epic own goal.
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Hard News: What you lookin' at?, in reply to James Dunne,
period drama with SIS spooks
I love it. Bastion point or Springbok tour? Carless days or think big?
Such good times.
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NZ on Air
Far as I can tell, there is one argument that rages in every single funded production: the licence fee.
Indy producer sells concept to broadcaster. Broadcaster goes yeah. Indy producer writes prop, then rewrites it to broadcaster specifications. Prop gets accepted by NZOA. NZOA then requests licence fee from broadcaster. Broadcaster says nah. Meet in sandwich. I know several instances where the producer has sucked this up.
How is charging local producers tens of thousands of dollars for the right to hand over their idea to an advertising sales team supporting local culture?
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Freeview
We fell deeply in love with our first recorder. When it failed after a couple of years, we went straight out to replace it. Then that one also went kaputt. By then on-demand was up and running and we just unplugged the aerial one day.
But a few years later the kids started hearing playground talk about - I dunno - X Factor or whatever, so I plugged the aerial into the back of the telly. It gets maybe half an hour of channel surfing after school about once a week.
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My pre-viewing perceptions of Filthy Rich are that it's a rehash of Gloss with a bit of - I dunno - Go Girls or something round the edges, neither of which holds any interest. If my perceptions are wrong, I eagerly await correction.
I think Harry was the most promising NZ TV venture in recent times. On the downside, it stalled narratively half way through. But how many cop shows have we had in NZ? Nowhere near enough. And what a great vehicle to traverse the social ills that plague our society. Also, it looked awesome, with acting, camera, locations & art dept very much of a piece.
Loving Derek on Netflix, a situation tragedy starring and written and directed by Ricky Gervais. Utterly brill.
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Polity: Poll Soup, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
about half the missing million are probably National-leaning voters
I wouldn't have thought so. How do you figure that out?
National ran a well orchestrated campaign that delighted their followers and alienated their opponents, while the opposition - umm - didn't.
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Does the one-in-twelve equation factor in the missing million? Between them, Labour and the Greens failed to inspire their marginal constituents.
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That makes me feel both sad and angry.
Damn.
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Hard News: Mt Eden: Not a closing but an…, in reply to Grant McDougall,
walk down into the middle of the crater
Ah, yes. Maybe not. Despite the bollocking we received, I believe the crater is both tapu and environmentally sensitive.