Posts by Geoff Lealand
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As Russell and others have pointed out, one explanation for the free ride Sky TV has had in NZ is because they have a full-time lobbyist (Tony O'Brien) in Parliament, who has privileged access to all areas, representing the interests of monopolistic private company.
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Hard News: Telling stories about us, in reply to Rob Stowell,
Yes, it is a damn fine example of investigative journalism and Philip deserves heaps of praise for it. The University of Canterbury is now employing grad students to ring up its alumni to beg for money; I informed the last caller that they wouldn't have a cent from me whilst they were considering cutting the American Studies programme; the subject area that set me off on my subsequent career,
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I think I recognise that hairy bloke.
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Still, Hirst exemplifies art as commodity at its most blatant, and also represents the exhaustion of new ideas or direction in artistic expression
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Hard News: Telling stories about us, in reply to 3410,
Dunne is a nong. He has had ample opportunity to speak up in defence of TVNZ7 long before now but hasn't.
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Excellent Media 7 tonight, Russell.
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Hard News: The Base, in reply to nzlemming,
Roger Hall? He epitomises middle brow culture in all its self-centred, smarmy view of the world,
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Just listening to Phil Wallington talking to Jim Mora about this...good stuff
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Hard News: Killing Volume, in reply to nzlemming,
Actually, that was Rich you're being mildly offended at.
Of course, apologies to Martin. But Rich deserves a right old spanking--and I mean that in a it-will-be-good-for-him way ;-)
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Hard News: Killing Volume, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
- the only people who buy/read print magazines are those to old and/or stupid to work the internets
We are incapable of doing both??
signed
Mildly Offended of Hamilton