This is a selection of tweets in response to Judith Collins first Sunday Star Times newspaper column. The most recent tweets are first. [Read more below]
Are we in a news drought? The biggest stories seem to be Len Browns new secret toilet and @JudithCollinsMP writing a column.
@SteveBraunias hope you don't mind me saying I thought your Judith Collins spoof in yesterday's paper was a bit shit
Should Judith Collins be a newspaper columnist? That's for her and the paper. Do I have to read it or even buy the paper? No. End of story.
If only journalists put as much energy into investigating Dirty Politics as they did defending Collins' right to a column in a newspaper....
Notice @JudithCollinsMP is now eligible for journalists union… that could get interesting
Game-theory analysis of Collins/Slater "double punishment" by @rsalmond: TLDR is it works, but not in the real world. http://polity.co.nz/content/game-theoretic-folly-%E2%80%9Calways-reward-double%E2%80%9D …
Patrick Gower @patrickgowernz
Twitter says newspaper can't have Right Wing columnist. Yawn. Hello? Anybody home?
@patrickgowernz Nooo, Twitter is saying it no longer wants to buy a product because that product now includes asbestos and dead puppies.
> Block rockin tweets @MegBatesNZ
@patrickgowernz This is not about left & right. This is about a person with power who misused it to bully public servant, misuse OIA, leak
@patrickgowernz No. Twitter doesn't say that. Some *people* on Twitter did. An equal amount of *people* on Twitter vocally disagreed. Hello?
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
@CritiKarl @patrickgowernz Not sure about "equal".
@MegBatesNZ @patrickgowernz tell me a paper that doesn't have r-wing columnist! Different kettle of fish to give one to govt mp I reckon.
@patrickgowernz not ‘Twitter’ just one loud, constant voice.
@patrickgowernz It's not the right-wingness, but the character hit job against civil servant, the appointment of Bhatnagar..
@patrickgowernz ..the attack on Bradford, Orivida, none of which she's she's cleared of. Not to mention the conspicuous lack of relevant..
@patrickgowernz info (missing call logs, deleted FB account) from the inquiry.
> Finlay Macdonald @MacFinlay
@patrickgowernz Political leaning IMO a red herring - fourth estate should not be hiring sitting MPs as columnists. #KnowThineEnemy
> Guyon Espiner @GuyonEspiner
@patrickgowernz Didn't John Tamihere have a Sunday News column while a sitting MP?
> Finlay Macdonald @MacFinlay
@GuyonEspiner @patrickgowernz Also I think Lange did, long after being PM. Simon Upton too?
> Guyon Espiner @GuyonEspiner
@MacFinlay @patrickgowernz yes ... And I think also George Hawkins in Sunday News. Not sure it was a must read ...
@GuyonEspiner @MacFinlay @patrickgowernz Were any of them tainted by the Dirty Politics saga?
@LaurieFleming @radiomum @liamdann @patrickgowernz the fourth estate is paying the second estate to provide copy for them. That's a problem.
@patrickgowernz ur right - but question is whether media accepts process cleared her and is happy giving JC platform 4 leadership ambitions
Kinda coming around to @gtiso's POV on this SST Collins column thing. It's unethical bullshit. Why should I fund it via my subscription?
@danylmc @gtiso Isn't the wider point also that the role of the press is to hold all politicians to account, not hire them?
@MacFinlay @danylmc it can no longer afford not to sell part of the estate off for PR purposes. I think that's the theory. And amazingly...
@MacFinlay @danylmc ...Hager himself buys into that theory in some of his positions.
> Laura McQuillan@mcquillanatorz
@patrickgowernz excuse me, Gomer, but what do you know about the media? Leave it to the left-wing Twitterati experts plz
To balance out Judes it would have to be a left wing politician currently embroiled in an image tarnishing scandal. Who is in government.
@Dovil I'm betting it'll be Harre, because with roughly 10,000 Internet Party votes nationwide she obviously speaks for the left.
Twitter seems to think it can tell newspapers what columnists it can have. Hello?
@patrickgowernz Maybe it's time the media boycotted left-wing twitter.
> Mark Reynolds @MarkSReynolds
@patrickgowernz For a free-speech forum; Twitter spends a lot of time trying to shut down debate.
The same people calling for objective media are anything but objective in their political views. But I guess that's not very objective of me
Also I bet the SST loves this "controversy". It's like banning a book. Only increases its popularity and people's curiosity.
Breaking: Sunday Star Times to contact Stalin and Hitler from the afterlife to provide contrasting opinions, muffin recipes.
Stephanie Rodgers @stephanierodgrs ·
Related to earlier: literally nothing is as funny as libertarians getting pissy about boycotts. NOTHING.
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Goodness gracious @NewZealandOrder. You should know that His Holiness @gtiso was sent by Rome to govern the moral conduct of all NZers.
Your Dirty Politics & the media update. 1 Nobody's lost their jobs yet. 3 @nzherald tried to hire Odgers. 2 @SundayStarTimes hired Collins.
Judith Collins' pre-Dirty Politics tweets were highly entertaining. Will her SST column be able to compete?
The @JudithCollinsMP @SundayStarTimes column... What did you think?
@FirstlineNZ @SundayStarTimes Seems like a needlessly provocative choice; to give a disgraced politician a free space to spin her way back.
> Block rockin tweets @MegBatesNZ
@FirstlineNZ @SundayStarTimes people who abuse the power they already have shouldn't be given a wider platform
@FirstlineNZ @SundayStarTimes cynical click bait and completely unethical. How can I trust coverage by SST on Collins to be impartial now?
> Judith Collins @JudithCollinsMP
@FirstlineNZ @SundayStarTimes I enjoyed your story this morning. Thx to @brianedwardsmed & @bespokemedia V Kind of you.
In "interest of hearing diverse viewpoints", SST launches guest columns by Phillip Smith and Bill Cosby.
Also, not wanting Collins on SST is not a violation of her freedom of speech. The state arresting her for writing on SST would be.
> Graeme Edgeler @GraemeEdgeler
@LI_politico (on the general point only) the idea that free speech cannot be threatened by the actions of corporations is misplaced.
@GraemeEdgeler @LI_politico neg freedom (no coercion against publication) vs pos freedom (right to be published).
> Graeme Edgeler @GraemeEdgeler
@keith_ng @LI_politico and (as a general point) corporations can impact upon both.
@GraemeEdgeler @keith_ng @LI_politico so by not giving me, or you a column has the SST violated our right to free speech?
When a right-wing political or business group pressures an editor to axe a columnist they don't like, I hope @gtiso et al remember.
.@secondzeit you're running all the arguments run against me by right wingers over Willie and JT. Every single one of them.
.@secondzeit Which is funny, because I distinctly recall you supporting me then. How utterly bizarre.
> Matthew R X Dentith@HORansome
@secondzeit @gtiso You seem to be confusing the pleas of an individual with that of a lobby group, Philip. I'm a tad disappointed
So, thoughts. See, the thing is, I don’t support unfettered freedom of speech. I don’t even think all speech intrinsically has worth.
But here’s the thing. Efforts by individuals, those without power, to challenge the speech of those with power IS NOT CENSORSHIP.
Jessica McAllen @Jess_McAllen
Just realised @TheEgonomist features in my front page story in the culture section of SST next wk. Bad timing.
Judith Collins does not need the Sunday Star Times. She can send a bloody press release.
The cycle of the powerful cannibalizing media spaces from right under us is so blatant - all you can do is laugh or is it cry?
@LI_politico you certainly can't suggest people stop buying stuff or they'll compare you to Goebbels. This I know.
A Public Editor, like the NYT has, to explain the weird decisions a paper makes; would be a good thing for NZ papers to have right now still
Partly so that readers learn the why, but mostly so that a papers journos don't catch all the stick. It also shows the paper cares.
Hey let's throw that honorable back at her and give her a newspaper column because voters think John Key is hot. So whatevs.
We have to watch what we say in public spaces. But if you're Collins you still get 150k salary despite unethical actions. Because democracy.
Forget history and forget balance. This government right now is actively screwing over journos and getting space from editors. Why?
After dirtypolitics and after misuse of OIA and after underfunding of oversight agencies by this govt WHY DO THEY GET THIS SPACE?
The govt voice gets deference and gets space. It is the way. Regular spot on the radio? Sure. The question at this juncture is why?
Like to make a point I cancelled SST because MSM finds it increasingly hard to provide objective journalism & that column was my last straw
.@hamish_keith You cancelled the paper that has published Hager many times and the investigative story that brought down Collins?
@secondzeit @hamish_keith You know bringing down Collins may have just won Nats the election, ironically...
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@LostArcNZ @hamish_keith Yes, it was all part of @MattNippert's devious plot to ensure a National win. Blacker-than-black ops.
.@secondzeit @LostArcNZ @hamish_keith And I would have got away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids.
@hamish_keith as is your right. For balance I'll subscribe on Monday. @SundayStarTimes
Matthew R X Dentith @HORansome
Given how vexed we are about Judith Collins writing opinion pieces for the SST, why don't we just agree to scrap opinion pieces in general?
So this way the Govt washes its hands of Collins implications and Collins washes her hands of #dirtypolitics. Brilliant PR strategy. A+
All with the help of a complacent MSM with I guess a national audience of old people who still read newspaper columns ie voters.
Basic problem with Collins: govt already gets 10s of millions taxpayer dollars to tell us what they think. They don't need newspaper columns
I read the Collins column. Is she getting paid for this?
Mathew Grocott @mathewgrocott
I just consumed some media that didn't meet my expectations so I don't think any one should ever interact with that outlet again - Twitter
It is ironic, though, how often Voltaire is invoked to defend Machiavellian behaviour.
hamish mcneilly @southernscoop
Unconfirmed reports Peter Jackson will direct a feature based on today's Twitter spat.
And as we go into Sunday evening, once again Twitter is outraged.
I feel sorry for the Herald - so many people mad at them about the Sunday Star Time's bizarre hiring choices.
Church of Tiso in full swing today.
I read all sorts of stuff & continue to buy crap newspapers because I think the printed medium is really really important.
> Lynnette Williams @LynnW192
@LynnW192 But giving Collins a platform to relaunch her political career sticks in my craw.
I have been boycotting all New Zealand print and broadcast media for many years. It doesn't cost me anything.
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
Tweeter suggests fellow tweeters might want to take an ethical stand against an unethical newspaper decision. Is there a problem with that?
Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Once again the first inclination of the moral conscience of the left is to try to silence someone he doesn't like https://twitter.com/gtiso/status/541358185806704640 …
@MatthewHootonNZ you didn't mind this when Tamihere was the target. So how is his predictable behavior different here?
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
.@damienmgrant You don't think asking a teenage girl about her sex life on air to diminish rape is a bit worse than @JudithCollinsMP's sins?
.@MatthewHootonNZ once again, a right wing tosspot equates suggesting people may not to want to buy something with censorship.
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Come now @gtiso. You don't simply say you won't buy @SundayStarTimes You rage & attack: it's not ok for @JudithCollinsMP to be published etc
"I don't want you to say anything." "I don't want you to say that." "No I don't want you to say THAT." "Free speech!" Twitter today.
Noam Chomsky Quotes (If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe...) http://noam-chomsky.tumblr.com/post/7223808896/if-you-believe-in-freedom-of-speech-you-believe … via @QuotingChomsky
And now: the subtweet comparing me to Goebbels and Stalin. It's a pity, because I already got bingo the previous turn.
I hate Rodney Hide's column. He can't write, talks shit, has right-wing political agenda. I wouldn't dream of urging people to unsubscribe.
@kaupapa @secondzeit ...and Veitch beat his girlfriend, and Banks is dodgy, and Dyson had drink drive charge. How far do we go? Who decides?
People have the right to subscribe/unsubscribe, read/not read, support/not support. Simple as that.
Sometimes being a journalist means you see media (and its role) somewhat differently from others. We are trained that way. Sad, but true.
Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
also. the issues around @gtiso's boycott call for RL were personally VERY difficult for me, for reasons both obvious and not.
> Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
and yet - i managed to STFU, mostly - and Gio and I are still mates.
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@HORansome @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams I don't like the idea that you boycott a title because you dislike one column. Write a letter.
@LostArcNZ @secondzeit @HORansome @mizjwilliams Writing a letter who the guy who tore me to shreds in a profile. That will work for sure.
> Matthew R X Dentith @HORansome
@secondzeit @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams I suspect a lost sub with a note is more likely to have an effect than a letter.
> Matthew R X Dentith @HORansome
@secondzeit @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams Certainly, I wouldn’t buy a copy of a newspaper with a Judith Collins column, just on principle.
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@HORansome @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams This thread is full of hypothetical newspaper subscribers, I think.
> Matthew R X Dentith @HORansome
@secondzeit @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams Yes, even in that case. Giving a column to a corrupt MP is something I have a real issue with
@HORansome @secondzeit @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams She's corrupt? Prove it! No one else has quite managed it.
> Matthew R X Dentith @HORansome
@RFStew @secondzeit @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams There’s a difference between being shown to be corrupt *legally* and being corrupt
@HORansome @secondzeit @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams Yes, and if you're not careful you'll find out via a lawsuit on your hands. Libel.
@HORansome @secondzeit @gtiso @LostArcNZ @mizjwilliams JC has zero tolerance for such statements.
@secondzeit @HORansome @LostArcNZ Did @gtiso advocate a boycott I thought @FoxyLustyGrover & I did #BoycottThatPaperThatNobodyBuysAnyway
> Foxy Lusty-Grover @FoxyLustyGrover
@gtiso @kateinthebay @secondzeit @HORansome @LostArcNZ I also call for a Boycott of Advertisers, Someone must buy just 1 copy so can list.
> Matthew R X Dentith @HORansome
.@secondzeit I see your point, which is that a boycott punishes the other writers but that is an issue only the editor or publisher can fix
.@secondzeit @gtiso Just catching up here, but can u explain why he *wouldnt* want others 2 follow his lead? That's the point of a boycott!
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@LavenderLaurel Quick summary: I thought it sucked and seemed a bit fascist that a top blogger called for a boycott over one columnist.
@secondzeit U thought it was "fascist" of Gio to encourage his followers to take political action. That's what political bloggers do.
> Mark Hubbard @MarkHubbard33
@LavenderLaurel You do realise Mr Ban & Boycott was trying 2 lose career journos like Philip their jobs? @secondzeit
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@MarkHubbard33 I did think of asking @gtiso how he'd feel if his boycott was so successful it cost 50 Fairfax staff their jobs ...
@FoxyLustyGrover @secondzeit this is so far beyond belief I've lost my will or capacity to engage.
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@gtiso @FoxyLustyGrover I didn't ask before. But now I'm curious about your answer, Giovanni. @MarkHubbard33
@secondzeit @FoxyLustyGrover I don't think you really deserve an answer, after calling me Goebbels, a fascist and so forth.
@secondzeit @FoxyLustyGrover I will say this: you've been incredibly offensive today. Just appalling. If I feel like it I'll answer tomorrow
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@gtiso @FoxyLustyGrover I've found you offensive on numerous occasions and tolerated it. Hope to hear from you tomorrow.
Dirty Politics @DirtyPoliticsNZ
With 'All the Financiers' Men' & now this column, @SundayStarTimes got fantastic mileage out of Collins this year
Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
Can I just say something here? @gtiso was pretty stridently outspoken against my station a while ago. Some of y'all might remember.
> Jessica Williams @mizjwilliams
This is Twitter. It's also a free country, last time I looked. So, you know. Listen to Gio or don't, buy the HoS or don't.
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@mizjwilliams And read Judith Collins or don't, without urging others to cancel their subs?
@secondzeit @AdamGoodallYes @mizjwilliams When I did it with every non-Fairfax publication in the country, you were right behind me.
> Hayden Donnell @HaydenDonnell
@gtiso @secondzeit @AdamGoodallYes @mizjwilliams RadioLive was targeted at an individual show rather than a paper with diverse content.
> book hatin goodall @AdamGoodallYes
@HaydenDonnell @gtiso @secondzeit @mizjwilliams p difficult to perform a targeted boycott on a newspaper column in the same way
@AdamGoodallYes @HaydenDonnell @secondzeit @mizjwilliams You'd think this would be pretty fucking obvious, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong.
> Hayden Donnell @HaydenDonnell
@gtiso @AdamGoodallYes @secondzeit @mizjwilliams That's my point. Is it worth stopping supporting the good stuff over Collins?
@HaydenDonnell @AdamGoodallYes @secondzeit @mizjwilliams Yes. Because this shit is intolerable and has to stop.
@HaydenDonnell @AdamGoodallYes @secondzeit @mizjwilliams But hey, I'm not forcing anyone, and by the way, I won't have ANY impact on sales.
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@gtiso @HaydenDonnell @AdamGoodallYes @mizjwilliams That's disingenuous. You had an impact at RadioLive, why not here?
Can't help but notice that comments are turned off on @JudithCollinsMP's debut "Caring not Crushing" SST Column http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/63913395/Judith-Collins-New-wood-worries …
> Alastair Thompson @althecat
Also @JudithCollinsMP's cancerous "new wood" yarn http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/63913395/Judith-Collins-New-wood-worries … echoes @whaleoil's cancerous concrete series http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/tag/drymix/
In @judithcollinsmp's debut SST column she clearly references WO campaign over cancerous building materials. Can't she think for herself?
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanatorz
It must be incredibly draining to be a Twitter personality constantly on the lookout for something fresh to be outraged about.
It's goodbye, then, @secondzeit. I valued your friendship but this is total bullshit.
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@gtiso I work for a newspaper (same company, different title). A call for a boycott over one columnist is abhorrent to me.
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
I wonder, @secondzeit, if Nicky Hager will refuse to write for @SundayStarTimes again now @JudithCollinsMP has a column. @gtiso
@MatthewHootonNZ @secondzeit @SundayStarTimes @JudithCollinsMP Who knows? Maybe not. But Helen Kelly and Wendyl Nissen quit Newstalk ZB.
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
What did that achieve @gtiso? Most ppl like diversity of opinion in their polity. You don't. @secondzeit @SundayStarTimes @JudithCollinsMP
> Alastair Thompson @althecat
@danylmc @MatthewHootonNZ @secondzeit @gtiso also, how much harm can Judith Collins do? IMO more likely she will make Nats look a bit shit.
@althecat @danylmc @MatthewHootonNZ @secondzeit it's an attempt to relaunch the brand of a sitting MP via a national newspaper column.
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
That's crap @gtiso. Newspaper columns are what pollies do when it's all over. Ask John Tamihere about that. @althecat @danylmc @secondzeit
@MatthewHootonNZ @althecat @danylmc @secondzeit It's not all over for her. You don't think she wrote about health and safety as a PR move?
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Perhaps, @gtiso, she should be burned. She's clearly a witch. Has certainly possessed you. @althecat @danylmc @secondzeit @JudithCollinsMP
> Alastair Thompson @althecat
Nice escalation @MatthewHootonNZ. And if @JudithCollinsMP writes her next column on @gtiso this discussion will have come full circle.
@althecat @MatthewHootonNZ @JudithCollinsMP @gtiso Judith's article would be praised by the left if it was written by a Green or Labour MP
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
Of course @SamHill886. The @gtiso rule on free speech is "I support free speech iff I agree with it". @althecat @JudithCollinsMP
@MatthewHootonNZ @SamHill886 @althecat I don't think I know anyone more disingenuous than you are, Matthew. And I mean worldwide.
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
What has led you to that conclusion @gtiso? @SamHill886 @althecat
@MatthewHootonNZ @SamHill886 @althecat Months and months of being targeted by you with non sequiturs you know very well not to be true.
@SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @MatthewHootonNZ @althecat it's a piece designed to make her look human and caring. It's also on a subject that...
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
@gtiso @SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @althecat Does it make her look human and caring to you?
@MatthewHootonNZ @SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @althecat I'm not the target audience. But that's the general thrust. From crusher to caring.
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
@gtiso @SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @althecat Ah yes. You can see through it. Cos u is so brainy. But the sheeple may be fooled
@MatthewHootonNZ Yes, PR doesn't exist or work, Matthew. I know. We know. @SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @althecat
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
@gtiso @SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @althecat PR works when it informs people of different perspectives so they can make up their own minds
> Giovanni Tiso @gtiso 17h17 hours ago
@MatthewHootonNZ @SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @althecat hahahah!! Oh my god.
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
@gtiso @SamHill886 @ChrisALee_NZ @althecat whereas your goal is to silence views you disagree with because the sheeple can't be trusted
> Matthew Hooton @MatthewHootonNZ
I think, @gtiso, that your constant attacks on people you don't know for lacking integrity is a sign of bad faith and a lack of integrity
@MatthewHootonNZ I don't think that many people lack integrity, no. But you, yes.
> Matthew Hooton@MatthewHootonNZ
I'd rate my integrity well above yours @gtiso. And my self awareness. And commitment to pluralism. You can't see your own fascist tendencies
Sunday Star Times pre-emptively cancels Hamish Keith subscription as he's not the calibre of reader we want.
Mike Hosking worried Judith Collins column might knife his column in the back.
Reader comments to Judith Collins column all glowing, in fear of potential double downs. #Judithcolumns
If I object to a boycott by unfollowing the boycotter on Twitter, have I, too, boycotted? *wrings hands*
But remember: this is the paper that ran column after obnoxious column by Michael Laws. It is what it is.
Of course, should Collins haters wish to cancel their SST subs in a spectacular & organised fashion, more power to them.
Tiso asks, "When's the last time a sitting MP got a column in one of our newspapers"? Actually, in provincial newspapers it is very common.
Giovanni Tiso: asking questions to the media about Dirty Politics since last February.
The test for offering someone a column is not "are they a model of propriety", it's "have they got interesting things to say"
@LewSOS Does she though? Does she really? I reckon she got the gig because of Dirty Politic., She's just controversial is all.
@ShakingStick I guess we'll see. She had a lot of interesting things to say on Twitter. Too many, in fact.
@LewSOS you stick up for the advertisers and their editors, I'll stick up for an independent press.
@mrdarroch I think independent papers should hire all sorts of awful people.
"On the 1st day of #snarkmas the Star Times gave to me, Judith's pointless commentary"
Morgan Godfery @MorganGodfery
Actually, are there any up and coming - or even established - right wing voices who would have done a better job than Collins?
Taking @sewauc's cue, we should make tomorrow Cancel Your @SundayStarTimes Subscription Day.
.@gtiso @sewauc @SundayStarTimes Weren't you saying the other day that you like being exposed to opinions you disagree with?
@secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes You think asking Judith Collins to be a columnist is within the bounds of ethical journalism?
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@gtiso @sewauc @SundayStarTimes Yes.
@secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes Really? You think dirty politics should be rewarded? Okay. Well, I don't.
@gtiso In case you missed it, she was totally cleared by the investigation. @secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@gtiso @sewauc @SundayStarTimes Or you could, you know, wait and see what she has to say and argue with each column.
@LewSOS @secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes You think she wasn't using Cameron Slater as a conduit? Really? Is this bizarro Twitter?
.@secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes Interesting theory. Are you similarly enthused about Cameron Slater's commentator role at Newstalk ZB?
@gtiso What I think is beside the point. The fact is she was cleared, and thoroughly so. @secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes
> Philip Matthews @secondzeit
.@gtiso @sewauc @SundayStarTimes I choose not to listen to Slater but wouldn't call for a boycott.
> nausea nissendreidl @ntafraidofruins
@secondzeit @sewauc Are @SundayStarTimes gonna give @gtiso a column too so he can argue with Collins publicly?
.@secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes Good for you. Whereas I think people who give platforms to bullies should not get to profit from it.
@gtiso I hardly think swapping the Ministry of Justice for a probably-unpaid column is "profit" @secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes
@LewSOS @secondzeit @sewauc @SundayStarTimes Really though I'm not interested in pursuing your contrarian bollocks further.
>ThreeMonkeys AndMe @We3forDemocracy
@secondzeit @gtiso @kateinthebay @LewSOS @sewauc @SundayStarTimes NO sitting politician should have a regular spot in print radio or TV.
Looks as though some bastard has filched part of our Sunday Star Times. Three pages of Judith Collins and nothing about Oravida.
Judith Collins now cares about health and safety. But in January? Not so much: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11187744 …
A new crush-free Judith Collins - the perfect example of how the media play a part in perpetuating govt propaganda http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/63875544/a-new-crushfree-judith-collins …
Helen Kelly @helenkellyCTU Dec 6
So the Cameron Slater tip line is getting a newspaper column of its own. #waitingformycall
