A Pundit debate about media ethics winds up on telly... So is my argument "spurious"? Has the media overstepped in reporting the Christchurch quake? Some new thoughts...
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How a new news was born of tragedy
Until mother nature threw her fury at New Zealand three times in six months, wall-to-wall news was something for other countries. TV networks however are creating a new media world live on your screen, right now
Read MoreHave a Big Day Out on us
Free stuff--Win two tickets to the Big Day Out with Pundit
Read MoreWhy does Te Papa hate women so much (and other outraged thoughts)
I'm outraged at the outrage created by the outrageous position taken by that outrageous institution, Te Papa.
Read MorePaul Henry (Why Not? Everyone else is commenting)
How little it takes to send this country's commentariat into a prissy lather
Read MoreNot in my name, Paul Henry
Paul Henry must go - TVNZ is culpable if it nurtures this culture of bullying any longer
Read MoreThe wobbly world of Fashion Week
It's odd. For an industry based on looking good, the fashion industry seems to know next-to nothing about presentation
Read MoreGeorge and the beanstalk: vege myths and legends?
In which intensive vertical vege farming, 30 stories pie-in-the-sky, is dismissed as magical thinking by a bright green man
Read MoreHow is a brothel for women "progress"?
Pam Corkery's proposed brothel for women--a world first--is another triumph for female equality. Yeah, right
Read MoreToday I write like Shakespeare, tomorrow Dan Brown
You too can write like a Booker Prize winner or a pulp fiction bazillionaire; plus Chelsea Clinton's wedding
Read MoreBut is it Art? No, it's Child Abuse
How the 20th century New York pop art brigade and its middle class sexist followers are too hypocritical to stand up and identify child abuse when they see it
Read MoreOMGlee!
Does Glee’s swag of Emmy nominations make me any less tragic?
Read MoreBut the time would have passed anyway
A stage full of actors at the height of their powers--what could be better? A review of Sean Matthias' production of Waiting for Godot
Read MoreThe All White's equaliser – why Rupert Murdoch gets its significance
Sport has the rare and valuable magic of uncertainty in an otherwise formulaic world, as the All Whites proved again today
Read MoreSideshow Mark and the Close Up circus
The world's fattest mum, the nutso who tasered a pregnant lady, and senior citizens making their own coffins. This is what constitutes quality current affairs? Come on, we deserve better
Read MoreRandom thoughts on blogging, and other classy chatter
Should new media try to copy journalism, or write its own fresh story? And which fate would you choose: blogger, or citizen journalist?
Read MoreOur Son the Schnauzer, or The Hunt for Male Role Models
You could do worse for a role model than a big-hearted dog. If you are a young man, you could do much, much worse
Read More'We don't have to justify our money to anyone'... or do they?
The Hotchins are on holiday in Hawaii and the newspapers are feasting on their oppulent lifestyle. Their disconnect from ordinary New Zealanders is positively Gatsbyian
Read MoreDrilling for oil in Taranaki and goss at Paul Holmes' party
How Gerry Brownlee's mining blunder has put Nikki Kaye on the endangered species list and blown a hole in National's blue-green image; and notes from the year's best A-list party
Read MoreSusan Couch's Pyrrhic victory
The Supreme Court has given Susan Couch the right to sue the Corrections Department for William Bell's evil actions. But it's probably made it impossible for her to win her case
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