Uninsightful journalism
Monday, July 23rd, 2012Maybe I’m being overly nitpicky in objecting to this headline in a story on nzherald.co.nz: Harawira’s asset sale comments ‘insightful’ – BSA The Broadcasting Standards Authority was rejecting a complaint from Family First over a 3 News story that mentioned John Key’s assurance that asset sale share prices would be “affordable for a lot of […]
Scott Guy Verdict: Survey reveals journalists don’t have a clue
Thursday, July 12th, 2012According to a recent poll, 48% of us think it’s likely that Ewen Macdonald killed Scott Guy. Only 20% of us think it’s likely that he was not guilty. Apparently, the Dominion Post believes that this means that: …just 20 per cent of people surveyed agreed with Ewen Macdonald being acquitted of slaying Mr Guy […]
Threats! Email! Action!
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012Barrister and privacy whizz John Edwards has found a way to get a quick injunction when privacy protection is urgently needed. It helps that the case looks like a slam dunk. The circumstances have a familiar ring: an ACC claimant mistakenly given private details about some other claimant’s claim, including her rehabilitation, threatens by email to release them, then when […]
Judge Harvey weighs in on anti-bullying plan
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012I’m flattered to see that one of Judge David Harvey’s first blog posts is a thoughtful commentary on my proposal to deal with online bullying (which is actually a variation on the Law Commission’s proposal). I think this is an important debate, not least because the government has indicated that it wants to take action […]
Blogger J
Friday, June 1st, 2012New Zealand’s most tech-savvy judge, David Harvey, author of Internet.law.nz, joins the blogosphere. I’m eagerly anticipating the flamewar with Whale Oil.
My plan to deal with online harassment
Monday, May 21st, 2012Is here.
Best headline of the year?
Friday, May 18th, 2012Stuff front-page tease for an Oddstuff story about Canadian police waiting for a thief who swallowed a $26,000 diamond to produce the evidence: This, too, shall pass
Siemer loses again
Monday, May 14th, 2012The Court of Appeal has dismissed Vince Siemer’s appeal against being held in contempt for posting a suppressed judgment about the Urewera case. (I discussed the High Court decision here, predicting this appeal and this outcome). Of interest to trainspotters is the way the Court of Appeal has grounded the court’s ability to suppress parts […]
Parole prisoners gagged
Monday, May 14th, 2012I see from today’s story about convicted rapist Brad Shipton that one of his parole conditions is that he give no interviews (presumably to the media). I guess this is to protect victims from anguish caused by what he might say. But I have to say, that seems an extreme restriction on his speech rights. […]
Media regulation seminar
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012If you’re interested in new media (and old media) regulation, mark this down in your calendar. The Legal Research Foundation has organised a seminar to discuss the issues arising from the Law Commission’s The News Media meets ‘New Media’ issues paper (which I commented on here). It’s to be held on 1 May from 12:15 […]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »