At Last A Current Affairs Show!
The past two weeks have seen the welcome return of Agenda, now renamed Q & A and fronted by Paul Holmes. Holmes is a considerable improvement on previous host Rawdon Christie, who was fine on...
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I spend most of Q+A with my eyes closed. It’s not that the people are exceptionally ugly, or pull hideous faces, or have annoying tics. It’s just that the moving lines on the background drive me nuts....
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Sorry, did I talk while you were interrupting?
OK, there are interviewers, there are interruptive interviewers and there is Guyon Espiner. This morning on Q+A the wee fox terrier of politics produced the most appalling exhibition of interruptive...
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Espiner versus Turei – A Reassessment
In a recent post Judy praised Metiria Turei’s performance on last Sunday’s Q & A and had this to say about interviewer Guyon Espiner: ‘The wee fox terrier of politics produced the most...
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How political polls in prime-time + no serious political debate in prime-time...
Is John Key such an inspirational leader that he deserves to enjoy the support of 57% of New Zealand voters? Is Phil Goff such a hopeless leader that he deserves the support of only 8% of New...
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How Phil Goff may come into his own in the televised election debates.
There’s general agreement that the three televised debates between John Key and Phil Goff scheduled to take place between now and the election could play a significant role in changing voter...
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Who won, who lost in the first television leaders’ debate? I name the biggest...
Well, I won’t keep you in suspense. It wasn’t Goff. And it wasn’t Key. It was you and me – the voting public. We were conned by Television New Zealand into thinking that for an hour-and-a -half last...
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Sometime interviewer opines on Duncan Garner and other TV interrogators
Duncan Garner and I haven’t always been on the best of terms. We had a very public spat a couple of years ago about whether or not Garner was running a personal campaign to discredit Chris Carter. It...
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Why TV3 should hang its head in shame over ’3rd Degree’ and why I suspect...
I got home rather late from dinner with friends tonight and tuned into TV3′ new hard-hitting current affairs show 3rd Degree. You’ve no doubt seen the preposterous promos for the show with Duncan...
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On Shane Jones – Cock of the Walk
odt.co.nz Shane Jones is one of only two people I have ever hung up on. Trevor Mallard is the other. I don’t take well to being bullied or abused. I do Mallard an injustice by mentioning him in the...
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