tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post552981912019197016..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: How two highly educated men miss the point - or do they?Karl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-24903278462277310292013-04-15T07:03:27.360+12:002013-04-15T07:03:27.360+12:00Hughvane:
The following is from the column that k...Hughvane:<br /><br />The following is from the column that kicked this whole thing off.<br /><br />"Publicly funded broadcasters have an obligation to make programmes that reflect the views and interests of the entire community – not just those the broadcasters happen to favour. <br /><br />"This is explicit in RNZ’s charter, which commits the organisation to impartial and balanced coverage of news and current affairs." Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-76012068846217745592013-04-14T16:32:31.940+12:002013-04-14T16:32:31.940+12:00I agree wholeheartedly with most of what you say a...I agree wholeheartedly with most of what you say about RNZ and its political leanings, but I think you missed an ideal opportunity to pose the question directly: "where is the balance, as required in the RNZ charter?"<br /><br />Indeed, where <b>are</b> the 'right-wing' even moderate, middle-ground presenters or interviewers in RNZ's Nat Prog? A speculative question, since none seem to exist in any of our State-paid radio media.<br /><br />Challenge RNZ directly to justify the political (or moral and social) balance of its lineup of presenters. Impartial, objective, non-partisan, unbiased, unprejudiced. Or is it "pigs aloft on gossamer wings" again?hughvanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655840089502084282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-49872107864890555902013-04-12T16:27:42.238+12:002013-04-12T16:27:42.238+12:00I think I'll start with the obvious.. you got ...I think I'll start with the obvious.. you got such replies because you attacked "their" station.. regardless of how sympathetic other stations, TV, journalists etc might be RNZ occupies the position of *confirming* polite left wing thought.<br /><br />The other reason to defend the thing is its one of the few legacies of the nation's socialist past, it connects the ideals of the 30s with the present and provides a benchmark on which to judge or confirm National and Labour governments. <br /><br />Whether the tax payer should fund such a museum piece is another matter and raises my third point.. the moment there is a credible attack on RNZ's bias you threaten its funding.. and that'll bring out the wasps every time.<br /><br />JC JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875768024598278750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-76710161232390896362013-04-09T19:33:07.855+12:002013-04-09T19:33:07.855+12:00The only thing I can think of in defence of Trotte...The only thing I can think of in defence of Trotter and Edwards (I would hate to be seen defending them to any great degree!)is that they have got so used to RNZ the way it is that they cannot imagine it in any other form. The so called debates on the Treaty and the Constitutional Review are absolute travesties of the concept of debate, with a group of people who gather to discuss very minor differences on opinions they largely hold in common. Brian Edwards once said that he only watches FOX occasionally so that he can hear what the enemy is saying. Such a closed mind really needs no debate it seems. Since I am banned from Trotter's blog for disagreeing with him that says it all really.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-87543209962939768962013-04-08T22:28:52.048+12:002013-04-08T22:28:52.048+12:00One embarrassing little correction.
My post shoul...One embarrassing little correction.<br /><br />My post should read: '... including Lynn Prentice bringing HIS toxic record from The Standard(less)...'<br /><br />Ahem. Yes, never mind :)Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-91038378399305547332013-04-08T21:39:42.494+12:002013-04-08T21:39:42.494+12:00Why the state should own a radio station, let alon...Why the state should own a radio station, let alone one with the obvious political agenda of National Radio, is beyond me. It should be sold, preferably to Rupert Murdoch. <br /><br />Fox Radio New Zealand, now that has a certain ring about it!Kiwiwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507667837257013301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-60704537869280597802013-04-08T20:52:21.545+12:002013-04-08T20:52:21.545+12:00Chris Trotter's grandiose, pompous writing sty...Chris Trotter's grandiose, pompous writing style is hard to take seriously. <br /><br />He and Edwards have to misrepresent you Karl in order to excite their particular audiences.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-71935976234378586392013-04-08T11:50:57.802+12:002013-04-08T11:50:57.802+12:00I'm following this with interest Karl. I found...I'm following this with interest Karl. I found the TV interview Sunday morning to be interesting, though one of your significant replies was talked over by Rachel Smalley - not trying to shut you out, note, I think she probably had a producer in her ear keeping her to a timetable, it was simply that the timing was unfortunate. Nature of the medium I guess.<br /><br />I've been interacting with Chris recently with a post on my own blog: he was very civil in his reply to me, but refused to interact past a certain point, which was disappointing.<br /><br />One thing I would say to Chris though, is he will be associated with whom he posts on in The Daily Blog, including Lynn Prentice bringing her toxic record from The Standard(less), and anonymous Marxist feminist poster Queen of Thorns who runs a site with a wall of scum featuring one of our best minds in jurisprudence, Stephen Franks, also Deborah Coddington, (and just looking at it, gosh, Chris Trotter has made it onto it :) ) QoD has no problem slandering people with her idiosyncratic prejudice; showing my vested interest, I've written how she did that to myself <a href="http://lifebehindtheirondrape.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/privileged-white-misogynist-right-wing.html" rel="nofollow">on this post</a>. The last Twitter exchange I saw her on she was holding science responsible for a fat-phobia because the facts of reality had linked obesity to a number of diseases and ailments.<br /><br />I was stunned to find out last week that The Daily Blog is apparently partially funded by MUNZ. How appropriate is it a union uses membership money to fund anonymous bloggers like the above? I think if all that bears out, there's question in that alone for the union.<br /><br />Anyway, Chris should stick to his own blog in order to protect his reputation.<br /><br />(Sorry for link-spamming. I have this notion of the Internet as a big discussion, and conduct myself accordingly. Delete this comment if you wish: no offence taken.)Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.com