Articles published on March, 2009

1. Casting the villains and victims! What role do the media play?

   Published on Friday, March 27th, 2009
   Junior Bailey Kuariki has once again come before the courts for allegedly breaking his parole conditions. Not a surprise it would seem, according to media who persist in calling him a baby faced murderer.  But don’t you think it is time the man was left alone, and if he should need to be sent back [...]

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2. Who Would Want To Be In Politics!

   Published on Monday, March 23rd, 2009
   John Key has my admiration for the way he is publicly handling the issue of ‘retaining jobs’ for New Zealanders. Within weeks of leading from the front at the ‘jobs summit’ where he looked great urged employers to do all within their power to retain their workforce, he is now placed in the embarrassing position of [...]

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3. Don’t get caught with a broad brush

   Published on Thursday, March 19th, 2009
   The editorial in a weekly business paper seemed to be rejoicing in the potentially weakened prospects for so-called Gen Yers in the softening labour market. To me it seemed a bit crass to cast Gen Yers as the loser in the economic downturn, and take a ha, ha serves-you-right-view. As a more senior labour market participant, I [...]

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4. Poorly served by media accuracy

   Published on Thursday, March 12th, 2009
   We have no right to expect accuracy from the media.  And the media has no right to promise that they will give us accurate reports. I came to this Damascene realisation only recently, or more correctly, I only recently faced up to this realisation. This is tough when you’ve spent a career working with the media [...]

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5. Mad about Copyright

   Published on Monday, March 9th, 2009
   The new Copyright Act was all set to come into effect on February 28, but just a few weeks shy of that date an on-line campaign was waged that saw government call timeout and stop the Act becoming law. Regardless of your position on Section 92A, the approach taken by the on-line community is one to [...]

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