Jack Yan on Vox

Fairer reporting on recent murders

2008-06-27T10:55:20Z

In the last month, two New Zealanders were murdered—but I have to hand it to the mainstream media, especially TV3 and National Radio, for covering these without racial bias. Ten years ago, the Chinese ethnicity of the victims would have been ma...

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‘Coons’ and ‘gollywog’

2008-06-22T06:41:00Z

Since I posted about the use of the word coon on radio in New Zealand, I did get a reply from the plumbing firm which it advertised. It was very short: It is raccoons the ones in the woods. Of course there is no limit to the number of interpre...

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Ashes to Ashes season two hint: it’s set in 1982

2008-06-20T11:49:44Z

TV Scoop has some hints about the next series of Ashes to Ashes, to début February 2009 on BBC One: ‘We’ve just handed in episode one. It’s set in 1982, so the Falklands have just happened. We’re taking it slightly darker this time …’ Read the re...

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The real moment of truth

2008-06-19T14:00:56Z

Dabysan has a few interesting observations about Moment of Truth, the game show airing on a Murdoch Press network in the US and, God help us, TV2 in New Zealand. The good news is that this show has reached the end of its run in New Zealand as o...

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Exchange rates and petrol prices

2008-06-15T12:18:58Z

The below is from an entry I made at my main blog, based on some very basic maths after reposting a graph from the Historian’s blog. Just last week I was listening to the radio—one of the foreign-owned stations that seem to populate the FM airwav...

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Dissecting an Obama victory

2008-06-04T09:25:50Z

It’s been interesting watching the MSM dissect the Clinton campaign with a whole range of experts saying why she will not be the Democratic Party nominee for the presidency. I would venture to say these are the same experts predicting a Hillary C...

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Why Yves Saint Laurent’s passing is so felt in fashion

2008-06-02T12:34:55Z

[Cross-posted] Yves Saint Laurent’s passing is such a shock to the fashion media because he was the world’s greatest couturier. When we broke the news on Sunday night at Lucire, it was obvious that we were marking the end of an era. The c...

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Gibsons, Spearses holiday together

2008-05-17T06:44:49Z

Finally, a celeb decides to extend a hand of friendship to beleaguered celeb Britney Spears: http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0516/spearsb.html Mel Gibson may slag off Judaism and Jews when drunk but it is high time someone showed some kindness to ...

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Fix my street again, please

2008-05-12T05:42:13Z

I could have spent half an hour doing something more productive but them’s the breaks as a ratepayer. Attn.: Transport Group, Wellington City Council via email Ladies and Gentlemen: We’re very happy that WCC has contracted Fulton Hogan to rese...

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Leadership comes from the grass roots, not institutions

2008-05-09T11:17:21Z

[Cross-posted] Sometimes I surprise myself on what comes up in blog comments. In a thread about the Iraq war and the short memories of nations over on Vox, I wrote the following. And as I wrote, I believed this to be a possible truth. To go forth...

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