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HARD NEWS 22/02/02 - Judge Dread
Friday, 22 February 2002, 12:26 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... ah, the case of the porn-perusing judge. It began as a scandalous story in the Sunday paper and it ended up as a really admirable illustration of why, under our system, politicians are, and ought to be, kept well clear of the judiciary. More >>
HARD NEWS 15/02/02 - All Apologies
Friday, 15 February 2002, 6:14 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... just where is Bill English getting his strategic advice? And should he be asking for a refund? More >>
HARD NEWS 08/02/02 - Lacking Not for Love
Friday, 8 February 2002, 2:32 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... the incumbent Prime Minister will be remembered for many things. Fluid and reassuring body language is not one of them. More >>
HARD NEWS 01/02/02 - Golden Weather Etcetera
Friday, 1 February 2002, 11:48 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... Hello! Alright? It's summer! That is, the spell of golden weather that lasts about six weeks from mid-January, especially in the top half of the North Island. More >>
HARD NEWS 21/12/01 - Bringing Back the Birch
Friday, 21 December 2001, 11:57 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, I was going to wrap up the Hard News year with an artful survey of events. Some musings on war, art and politics, perhaps. But it's Christmas week and I'm shattered so I'll concentrate on what's really pissing me ... More >>
HARD NEWS 14/12/01 - See You Next Week
Friday, 14 December 2001, 11:59 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Christmas deadlines being what they are, I haven't managed to fit in a bulletin this week. But I will be back next week to sign off for 2001. See y'all then. More >>
HARD NEWS 07/12/01 - A Place of Humble Heroes
Friday, 7 December 2001, 11:28 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... it has been quite a spell for turning on the radio in the morning and copping some news that makes you catch your breath. In this case, it's not terrorism or war, but the death of an individual. Sir Peter Blake, shot dead ... More >>
HARD NEWS 30/11/01 - Make It Stop
Friday, 30 November 2001, 12:16 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... make it stop. Please. Not the Alliance infighting. Not Bathgate-gate. Not even the war. Just the year. It's been nice, 2001, but can't it just be Christmas already? More >>
HARD NEWS 16/11/01 - Sing, Shave and Fly Kites
Friday, 16 November 2001, 11:41 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... New York deserved none of this. Its triple calamities - September 11, anthrax attacks and, now, this week's air disaster - can be feasibly be put down to three different causes - external terrorism, an enemy within and an ... More >>
HARD NEWS 9/11 - What Are You People Fighting For?
Friday, 9 November 2001, 12:37 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so it is week four or week five of the bombing? I've lost count. Having convinced the world it was to undertake a police action, the American government is running a so-called War on Terror that still does not appear capable ... More >>
HARD NEWS 02/11/01 - Clean Up After Yourself
Friday, 2 November 2001, 1:01 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... Taliban with an "i" or an "e"? GM or GE? It might be taken as a sign of the confusion of the present times that we don't seem to even agree on how to spell or what to call what we're all worried about. More >>
HARD NEWS 26/10/01 - I'll have the Fudge, Please
Friday, 26 October 2001, 1:02 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... of this year's procession of lose-lose scenarios for the government, the obligation to make the call on whether to follow the Royal Commission' recommendation for tightly-controlled field trials of GE crops must be the trickiest. More >>
HARD NEWS 19/10/01 - Cleaning Up the Streets
Friday, 19 October 2001, 3:04 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... oh, the humanity. It may take the city years to recover. The shock, the shame, the horror. Yes, with the support of a thunderous 18.3 per cent of adult Aucklanders, John Banks is the mayor. More >>
HARD NEWS 05/10/01 - A Letter from Wellington
Friday, 12 October 2001, 10:33 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... just a short bulletin this week, on account of the fact that I've been away from my desk and doing a few things in Wellington. Or, as I like to think of it, wandering the corridors of power looking for the toilet ... More >>
HARD NEWS 12/10/01 - Goodbye, Hello
Friday, 12 October 2001, 10:30 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, we're at war. In theory, at least. A small, unspecified number of our SAS troops are at the disposal of the United States of America in whatever activities it should undertake in Afghanistan. More >>
HARD NEWS 28/9/01 - A Wing and a Prayer
Friday, 28 September 2001, 11:38 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, she did it: a blunder, an out-and-out foot-in-mouth verbal howler. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, she did it to herself, rather than being lured into it by a political opponent. Air New Zealand shares fell and rose, it seemed, ... More >>
HARD NEWS: Making Sense of it V: The Last Emails
Monday, 24 September 2001, 12:29 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Hi all, Many people expressed their appreciation of the first digest of the emails I've received in response Hard News in the past two weeks. More >>
HARD NEWS 21/09/01 - Making Sense of It IV
Friday, 21 September 2001, 3:00 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... a funny thing happened to Hard News last week. After I left the building, as usual, I tidied up my script and sent to it Scoop and to the Hard News mailing list so kindly hosted by bFM. More >>
HARD NEWS 17/09/01 - Making Sense of It III
Monday, 17 September 2001, 12:05 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Well, this thing has a life of its own and the logical option seems to be to go with it. Below is a digest of some of the many emails I've received since Friday's Hard News and the subsequent follow-up yesterday. I thought that, taken as a whole, the ... More >>
HARD NEWS 16/09/01 - Making Sense of It II
Sunday, 16 September 2001, 2:05 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
There has been a lot of email since Hard News went out on Friday. It began not long after: To quote, the people who wrote thought it was "perfect", "fantastic stuff", "a bright beacon", "one of the best thought pieces about the week", that it "ruled" ... More >>
