tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post8096168198946407513..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: The media's calculated insult to public opinionKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-30939798262459188902021-10-05T16:28:24.857+13:002021-10-05T16:28:24.857+13:00I sent an official complaint to TVNZ regarding the...I sent an official complaint to TVNZ regarding the use of unofficial terminology for NZ place names in there news shows and other shows generated by them recently.<br />There reply basically said my complaint didn't fit there understanding of what a programming complaint could be.Mudbayripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18090594455469993351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-35275881744079426832021-09-30T21:04:47.614+13:002021-09-30T21:04:47.614+13:00"Whether the country should be called Aotearo..."Whether the country should be called Aotearoa" and "Whether you mind news presenters calling the country Aotearoa" are two separate questions.<br /><br />Someone calling me by something other than my official name is not the same as a name-change.johntarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05359619588808675980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-75487340123824415152021-09-30T17:27:07.820+13:002021-09-30T17:27:07.820+13:00Thanks hughvane, but I'm not sure I even know ...Thanks hughvane, but I'm not sure I even know what a VLOG is, let alone how to set one up.Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-2740006419468901442021-09-30T16:04:23.560+13:002021-09-30T16:04:23.560+13:00The time has come, according to the tusked behemot...The time has come, according to the tusked behemoth, for Karl to consider widening his audience appeal. The thought occurred to me after watching the cleverly stitched piss-take on YouTube of how the PM favours certain media personnel.<br /><br />So, what about it Karl, set up your own VLOG via which you can reach a great many more people who are floundering around looking for ways, and suitable people, to respond to oppose the ever-spreading carnage that is NZ governed by the Labour Party + Cronies. Unstoppable because there’s no-one to stop them unless, of course, there is groundswell opposition, civil disobedience perhaps, and in the end, downright defiance.hughvanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655840089502084282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-34828709438651393702021-09-30T12:03:57.541+13:002021-09-30T12:03:57.541+13:00A good article by Amy Brooke, which describes the ...A good article by Amy Brooke, which describes the situation clearly:-<br />https://www.spectator.com.au/2021/09/no-new-zealand-is-not-aotearoa/Doug Longmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008729336442910333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-4788024398699464232021-09-30T11:22:41.581+13:002021-09-30T11:22:41.581+13:00The reluctance of the mainstream media to mention ...The reluctance of the mainstream media to mention the Curia poll can't have anything to do with not trusting its methods or reliability. The same week the results of their poll on a switch to Aotearoa were published, Curia also reported on the fortunes of the political parties.<br />The media dined out on this one because it showed the Nats had fallen to 21.2 per cent (and Judith Collins had fared worse than David Seymour).<br />The only possible explanation is that it was inconvenient to draw attention to the lack of support for a change to Aotearoa.Graham Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653073277493805476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-14364773510865702202021-09-30T10:38:08.635+13:002021-09-30T10:38:08.635+13:00Well put, Eamon Sloane. In fact free people should...Well put, Eamon Sloane. In fact free people should never have anything forced on them, by neither legislation nor referenda, except what is obviously of real benefit to all – and what an huge majority want. Changing your country’s name is, of course, not “obviously beneficial”. It is just a flim-flam notion.<br /><br />The question whether the issue is “of obvious benefit” could be decided in court, if any doubt exists. And perhaps we should be able to challenge, and veto, all new legislation with a binding referendum within, say, 3 months (like Switzerland).<br /><br />And yes - I would include here also lockdown legislation.Andy Espersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18391974844284751975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-1648436843342656092021-09-30T09:12:10.939+13:002021-09-30T09:12:10.939+13:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eamon Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03551803651059076248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-17785366966306315272021-09-29T18:37:21.109+13:002021-09-29T18:37:21.109+13:00The problem is by disingenuous, and undemocratical...The problem is by disingenuous, and undemocratically, forcing Aotearoa on the country, the Govt (with the Media's help) is tying it to a broader agenda of ethnic division, "Maorification", and critical social justice theory. This relates to Three Waters control, Maori only foster parents for Maori children, revisionism history in curriculum, etc.<br /><br />It is a completely top-down, elitist agenda.<br /><br />So it becomes a complete own-goal , especially for those, more reasonable, who may wish for - subject to a referendum - a unifying move forward on a name. <br /><br />Cambodia was renamed Kampuchea and Burma renamed Mynamar in coercive, top-down changes coinciding with radical "Day Zero" reset agendas by authoritarian regimes. The use of "Aotearoa" is now part of a broader, coercive ideological agenda. It's not a natural, bottom-up swell for change.<br /><br />So for people like me, against change but not rabidly fixed, you'll have to, in those famous words, prise the name New Zealand from my cold, dead hands.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034783049781212713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-6306890088084409482021-09-29T18:01:18.258+13:002021-09-29T18:01:18.258+13:00And, Yes Karl, the naked bias of the mainstream me...And, Yes Karl, the naked bias of the mainstream media is shocking. It is very clear that the media has been bought by the government and is now their Pravda propaganda broadcaster.Doug Longmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008729336442910333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-44737265060718830992021-09-29T17:47:57.463+13:002021-09-29T17:47:57.463+13:00“Pakeha” is a divisive, racist word. It divides...“Pakeha” is a divisive, racist word. It divides the population along racist lines into two groups :- Maori and non Maori (pakeha.) <br />This racist divide is, of course, just what the Dutch and French Settlers did in South Africa. <br />It is a political system called “apartheid”<br />Doug Longmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008729336442910333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-28007757386384765502021-09-29T17:39:09.415+13:002021-09-29T17:39:09.415+13:00The word Aotearoa for New Zealand, is a European c...The word Aotearoa for New Zealand, is a European construct.<br />There is another word, in common use, that I will never use:-<br />“pakeha”<br />My reason is as follows:- Way back in the 70’s, when activists were starting to get more air time, I watched a panel talk with a couple of Maori activists. One of them was Syd Jackson. During his rather emotional diatribe aimed at the European colonial system that he was criticising, he used the word “pakeha” repeatedly. <br />He spat the word out with absolute hate and spit venom. <br />He did not actually say the words “F**king pakeha”, but I got the intent.<br />Since then I have seen many instances of the word being used in an analogous, derogatory, racist context.<br />So for me, I will not recognize, or use this word.Doug Longmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008729336442910333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-70205688318098188052021-09-29T16:16:53.008+13:002021-09-29T16:16:53.008+13:00Political polls are based on the oppressive coloni...Political polls are based on the oppressive colonial concepts of one person, one vote and the equality of all before the law. In today's Aotearoa however fifteen percent of the population enjoy the status of partnership with the Crown in the governance of country while the remaining 85 percent are a mongrel miscellany whose views are of no particular importance or interest. Time you adjusted Karl to the new decolonised reality that Jacinda, with Nanaia's help and guidance, is gifting to the nation.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745489060434244478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-65731357424450828682021-09-29T13:43:12.173+13:002021-09-29T13:43:12.173+13:00Thanks, David, for exposing the naked bias (I was ...Thanks, David, for exposing the naked bias (I was going to add "shocking", but we've come to expect it) of the media - exercised passively in this case by RNZ and Stuff, i.e. through omission, but rampantly and unashamedly by the Herald. Media bias is now institutionalised. Karl du Fresnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-40438872744507783462021-09-29T13:33:13.012+13:002021-09-29T13:33:13.012+13:00You sent me looking for reporting of the One News ...You sent me looking for reporting of the One News poll, Karl, which I did see on the news last night.<br /><br />I have gone through the whole of the Stuff site and I could not find it, even drilling down into sub-sections like "politics" and "national news". Similarly I can't find anything on the RNZ website. I might have missed a story, but none was prominent, and both sites have stories saying Judith Collins is doomed because of the One News poll of the night before. <br /><br />Over at the NZ Herald, there was no trace on the front page so I went to "politics". The lead item there just now is <i>60,000 sign petition for Aotearoa rename</i> and trumpets the Māori Party petition calling for a name change. <br /><br />Down in that story we read: <i>The numbers come on the back of a 1News Colmar Brunton Poll, which revealed 41 per cent of respondents wanted Aotearoa to be either the official name of the motu or favoured a dual-naming.</i><br /><br />And then the rest of the story dismisses the One News poll, starting with: <i>Te Pati Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa Packer said the results which showed 58 per cent favoured "New Zealand" were representative of an older generational view. "This is a no-brainer for the younger population. What we have is an ilk, and sadly they're often the ones that have been polled, who are older and adverse to change."</i> <br /><br />Now, I am commenting here as someone who supports a name change, to reflect our country and its unique culture. I like all the te reo on RNZ, and I have just finished an eight-week te reo course at Vic. I have answered my phone with "kia ora" since the day Naida Glavish was threatened with being sacked for answering her phone that way. <br /><br />But wearing my hat of a journalist by profession, it does look worryingly like a desire in our media to promote a name change, while playing down the clear opposition to a change by not reporting the Curia poll, then not reporting or dismissing the One News poll. <br /><br />David McLoughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572242600889192661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-44170291897228557422021-09-29T13:21:10.114+13:002021-09-29T13:21:10.114+13:00TVNZ News also used the spin that the gap is closi...TVNZ News also used the spin that the gap is closing. The one that bugs me is Tamaki Makaurau which only became commonly used a few months ago. I am sure the Government is behind the use of that name instead of Auckland.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289240834173890159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-81683131280660402432021-09-29T11:16:39.972+13:002021-09-29T11:16:39.972+13:00Totally agree with you Karl. I was actually quite ...Totally agree with you Karl. I was actually quite amazed to see this poll headlining the TV1 news last night. Why? Isn’t their job to report the news? Why are they engaging in what is essentially social engineering? But I digress …<br /><br />What I found particularly interesting in that poll is the 31% who think the country should be called “Aotearoa-New Zealand”. I hate hyphenated names and I don’t think it’s really an option. We need to choose - Aotearoa or New Zealand? A victory for the hyphenated name would in reality be a victory for “Aotearoa”. It would simply set us on a similar road as that of Mt Taranaki - Egmont. “Mt Egmont” is still an official name for that peak, but who (especially among young New Zealanders) would know that today?<br /><br />Then again, if TVNZ didn’t have that hyphenated name as an option in that poll, then I suspect that at least half of that 31% would have opted for that status quo. So the real proportion of people who want to keep the status quo is probably more like 75% or higher.Jade Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10840137485903314775noreply@blogger.com