Friday, April 29, 2022

On the threats to free speech

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I delivered the following speech (little of which would be new to regular readers of this blog) at a meeting of the Free Speech Union at Vic...
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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Journalists' offence detectors were switched off

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When Scott Morrison says he was blessed not to have any disabled children, there’s an outcry . The media are constantly waiting to pounce on...
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Friday, April 22, 2022

Making it up as they go

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I sent the following letter this morning to my local paper: Two phrases bring out the cynic in me. One is “joined-up government”. The other ...
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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Free Speech Union event; the only catch is that you have to listen to me

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Readers of this blog who live in or near Wellington may be interested to know that the Free Speech Union, of which I’m a member, is hosting ...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Hallucinatory moments of optimism

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Notwithstanding everything I wrote on this blog site yesterday about contemporary journalism (none of which I resile from), there are days w...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Journalists then and now

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It seems to be the season for journalism memoirs. My old friend and former colleague Jon Morgan recently published Newspaper Man , a book co...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

The steady march of American vernacular

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On a scale of atrocities running from one to 10, misuse of the language usually warrants no more than a 2. Yet New Zealand English is a defi...
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