tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post2414234206081759385..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Steve Braunias and the Auckland media priesthoodKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-3965068176874910222016-04-27T13:43:08.480+12:002016-04-27T13:43:08.480+12:00Little harsh on Steve Braunias who was just bravel...Little harsh on Steve Braunias who was just bravely giving his opinion on Karl du Fresne's views.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06145595712009032242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-81412935829857308242015-11-30T10:23:30.764+13:002015-11-30T10:23:30.764+13:00One thing to my last post ... I like Braunais.One thing to my last post ... I like Braunais.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-41084160326311653432015-11-30T10:22:56.584+13:002015-11-30T10:22:56.584+13:00You hit on the motif of the Left that annoys me th...You hit on the motif of the Left that annoys me the most. Arrogance. An arrogance, and unearned haughtiness in thinking because they would emote policy on feelings, they are the only part of the political spectrum that cares or has compassion. Albeit that compassion consists of throwing tax payer money at social problems caused by tax payer money building dependence, and thus never dealing with the actual problems (but allowing them to feel smug and superior). In fact in their ruthlessness to all that is not them, they prove the opposite; they are vicious sods - which some of them find for themselves when they break the strict identity politick code that operates - but it's an arrogance that makes them contemptible. I want to interact with them still, because you can't give up ... but more and more lately I just take myself to the beach. I'm hardly tweeting these days and my blogging is falling off.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-43234645660352891312015-11-30T09:03:25.567+13:002015-11-30T09:03:25.567+13:00Michael,
One advantage of living in a provincial t...Michael,<br />One advantage of living in a provincial town is that fear of ostracism is not an issue. You can't be banished from a social circuit that doesn't exist.Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-55768912146045638202015-11-30T09:01:18.357+13:002015-11-30T09:01:18.357+13:00Brendan,
What we’re seeing is the inevitable resul...Brendan,<br />What we’re seeing is the inevitable result of the politicisation of journalism training by left-wing tutors, many of whom have little journalism experience themselves. This is exacerbated by the forced departure from many news media workplaces of older, wiser hands who learned their trade the old-fashioned way and were taught to be even-handed - even if their personal inclination was to the left, as it often was.Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-63554063035905068892015-11-29T18:58:50.002+13:002015-11-29T18:58:50.002+13:00I enjoy the writings of Steve Braunais whom I firs...I enjoy the writings of Steve Braunais whom I first discovered in a Listener column he wrote twenty years ago on the death of a friend. He had a striking talent for writing and it's a surprise that this wasn't immediately clear to his tutors.<br /><br />Such a shame then that he is a left-wing goofball.Nick Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17556253326018522692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-16349767451780720592015-11-29T18:49:22.369+13:002015-11-29T18:49:22.369+13:00Karl,
An excellent post. The old line about behi...Karl, <br /><br />An excellent post. The old line about behind every liberal is a dictator waiting to break out is so true. The 'safe space' mentality of the media in Auckland in particular you have shown so very clearly. It seemed to me prior to his cancellation, for a while that John Campbell ran stories based on the latest dinner party conversations in the Grey Lynn-Ponsonby-Mt Eden-Herne Bay circle. It's a very closed little group you mention and they get very angry when you point some some salient facts at variance to their group-think. Paul Little is another charter member of that group. I'd also include Jack Tame as someone who lives in America yet seems to have a singular inability to understand the culture and history of place. Some of his pieces are willfully[?] ignorant. <br /><br />You do realize that this might get you off the social circut? Michael Wyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323632941060268210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-48990812815082740482015-11-29T18:44:08.753+13:002015-11-29T18:44:08.753+13:00Unlike the rest of the Western world, the left in ...Unlike the rest of the Western world, the left in NZ appears to have a monopoly grip on the MSM. Is that a fair assessment in your opinion? (no need to name dissenters other than yourself).<br /><br />Perhaps we need to call in the Monopolies Commission?<br /><br />These are the same people who cannot understand why centre left parties like National keep winning elections, as opposed to their hard left preferences. This despite the fact that they shamelessly campaign for them, as the Herald did recently attempting to fund raise for Labour under the pretext of preserving liberal western democracy.<br /><br />I guess they hope to outlive us more conservative dinosaurs so they will be free to usher in their European style utopia with all of its attendant benefits.Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-70808573774751722932015-11-29T17:36:02.429+13:002015-11-29T17:36:02.429+13:00They are part of the reason that journalism in thi...They are part of the reason that journalism in this country is at such a low ebb. Their self satisfaction is suffocating and allows no views that don't match exactly with their own. Bad enough by Findlay MacDonald also seems to work for Radio New Zealand not only does he guest on it but also sometime runs the afternoon show. As you say they paint themselves as liberals but as almost diametrically different and they allow no place for any disagreement with their 'correct' views. Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-17286396211931765932015-11-29T16:52:12.300+13:002015-11-29T16:52:12.300+13:00Karl, I feel privileged to be friends with you and...Karl, I feel privileged to be friends with you and not with them!<br /><br />- Kathy Stodartkasstohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389703680386393074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-465778279389023572015-11-29T12:51:15.206+13:002015-11-29T12:51:15.206+13:00I suspect the line between fantasy and truth is a ...I suspect the line between fantasy and truth is a very fine one for Braunias. His book about the 2014 campaign trail had me laughing outright as he mercilessly took the piss out of the Greens.... followed very quickly by ACT. Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-40034537402671751552015-11-29T09:10:37.276+13:002015-11-29T09:10:37.276+13:00Karl, you've hit the nail on the head! What a...Karl, you've hit the nail on the head! What a great read, so calm and erudite as you dismantle the complacency of the priesthood of Left-wing media. Love your work!<br />Neil HarrapNeil Harraphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702200915595842712noreply@blogger.com