tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post2432630332474522903..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Tending fascistGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-15223639699812014862014-12-21T15:55:54.914+13:002014-12-21T15:55:54.914+13:00It is fascinating that bloggers also want to call ...It is fascinating that bloggers also want to call themselves PR consultants. Bet they don't belong to any professional association ie PRINZ or Business Communicators.However even if they did, PRINZ in particular gave up worrying about unethical behaviour when it decided to concentrate its efforts on ethical "education" rather than condemning unethical behaviour. As for Hooten and Brockett_tom@yahoo.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-75688925288956950702014-12-18T13:09:32.773+13:002014-12-18T13:09:32.773+13:00Your voice and this topic - so important. Although...Your voice and this topic - so important. Although individual journalists come and go - and are replaceable - but the damage Jane Clifton has caused to her standing as a commentator after clinging to 'moral equivalence' in the face of the undisputed evidence is as embarrassing as it is hard to fathom. <br /><br />As to the reflection on the use of "Fascism" to denigrate I'Jan Riversnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-35075227556311435032014-12-16T20:07:42.897+13:002014-12-16T20:07:42.897+13:00"I think that means you're doing it right..."I think that means you're doing it right :)" <br /><br />I never looked at it that way. Of course the other side of the coin is that our commentators are so refreshingly free from the shackles of editorial interference that they can pursue petty personal vendettas without their job prospects suffering any.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-44490624372161428472014-12-16T13:46:06.574+13:002014-12-16T13:46:06.574+13:00Wouldn't want to over-estimate this, but paid ...Wouldn't want to over-estimate this, but paid have opinionators in influential media outlets attack your work must mean it's hitting a nerve. They'd dearly love to go back to the soothing strains of business as usual - yet they're bemoaning and belittling the scorn of an unpaid blogger and twitter-critic. I think that means you're doing it right :) <br />(And you're not robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-3875079369779902522014-12-16T09:55:31.514+13:002014-12-16T09:55:31.514+13:00We'll provide balance by taking the two most r...We'll provide balance by taking the two most right wing people from only the top two parties, FTW.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-80404265103997191622014-12-16T09:47:49.368+13:002014-12-16T09:47:49.368+13:00Since Dirty Politics, I've wondered whether th...Since Dirty Politics, I've wondered whether their response isn't to intensify the approach, to make our news media such an object of public ridicule that it can never recover,since we know that it has been a conscious policy to devolve political discussion, as this plays to the hands of the Right.<br /><br />An embarrassed media establishment's response has been to go, Fuck It, We'Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.com