Busiest day ever on the blog yesterday with 9,464 visitors. Average for a weekday is 4,500 which goes up to around 6,000 if I find the time to write something original or amusing, which isn’t very often these days. If I advertised I’d be rich!
The story led the MSM news websites all day but has yet to be covered by TVNZ News. How professional. TVNZ’s self-censorship is a perfect illustration of why being the state broadcaster is incompatible with using offensive and controversial material to boost your ratings.
Protests have been organised today in Wellington and Auckland:
AUCKLAND: 5pm, TVNZ HQ, 100 Victoria Street West
WELLINGTON: 5pm, TVNZ, 86 Lambton Quay
If that’s your thing. I think a far more effective form of protest is to send an email to Heritage Hotels, Breakfast’s main advertiser and (politely) explain to them that by advertising on a show hosted by Mr Henry they endorse his statements and so you will not be staying in their hotels unless they remove their sponsorship or TVNZ removes Paul Henry. You can contact Susan Gibson, their communications director here.
Make sure you cc a copy to TVNZ spokeswoman Andi Brotherston, who defended Paul Henry by claiming ‘he’s prepared to say the things we quietly think but are scared to say out loud.’
It’s Andi Brotherston who really fucks me off. I’m sure there’s plenty of Americans who believe the liberal Jew York media elite is in the deathly-grip of Christ-killers, but that didn’t prevent CNN dispensing with the services of Rick Sanchez.
http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/10/01/cnn-s-rick-sanchez-implies-jews-run-the-media-calls-jon-stewart-a-bigot.html
Comment by Craig Ranapia — October 5, 2010 @ 7:23 am
“The story led the MSM news websites all day but has yet to be covered by TVNZ News.”
There was a brief report on TVNZ News at 6pm last night. Not much beyond what Henry said and the fact he’s “apologised”, though.
Comment by Andrew Geddis — October 5, 2010 @ 7:35 am
A. You ratings ho
B. Brotherston needs to take a remedial Corp PR course or take up crotchet fulltime
Comment by leon — October 5, 2010 @ 7:39 am
I look forward to seeing how few people turn up.
Comment by Goonix — October 5, 2010 @ 7:39 am
Btw: your beat farrar for posts approx 178 to 183. Text him and gloat.
Comment by leon — October 5, 2010 @ 8:04 am
Just a note, Heritage no longer sponsors Breakfast, according to their twitter page
Comment by max — October 5, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
ahh, Heritage don’t sponsor Breakfast at the moment…
Comment by Sam — October 5, 2010 @ 4:08 pm
And Heritage are replying to grumpy emails with the same information.
So who are the big advertisers during Breakfast?
Comment by taranaki — October 5, 2010 @ 4:41 pm
Has anyone an accurate list of advertisers backing Breakfast.
I do not watch it, I have a life and other things to do at that time of the day.
I would really love to flame the advertisers.
Henry has to go.
TVNZ has to go.
They are both worthless.
This is the media equivalent of sub prime mortgages.
This is the equivalent of child porn.
Nothing matters except ratings.
I can just see Rick Ellis slavering.
Comment by peterlepaysan — October 5, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
Thanks for Andy Brotherston’s email address. I emailed the following:
Comment by T — October 5, 2010 @ 10:49 pm
well I made the mistake of falling upon this site in search of Paul Henry ratings, and what a bunch of ‘mould’ infested individuals inhabit it… like a meeting of the sloths intent on a witch burning crusade.
I am sure the world is now a happier place having aired your spleen over the Anand Affair.
I will avoid Heritage only due to your implication…
Paul Henry shocks for entertainment, society in general enjoy this… its like blaming the bear for dancing with a hook in its nose in order to entertain paying audiences.
How gullible, deluded and child like you are if you take him seriously… or even the “News” that is presented to you as truth each day.
peterlepaysan has a somewhat subdued view of child porn… THAT IS INEXCUSABLE… not a mistake in judgement.
I am happy that you are not biggots… I am even happier that the majority of our population do not think like you.
Comment by Lou Armitage - Shanks — October 6, 2010 @ 10:25 am
I can’t BELIEVE Lou would denigrate sloths by implying that they all have an unreasoning and violent hatred of the Wiccan religion. To cast this slur upon the entire Bradypus and Choloepus genera because of a few isolated historical incidents involving a few individual sloths is disgraceful. I mean, it’s not as if we’re talking about Anteaters here. Bunch of c***s, they are.
In researching this response, I came across the following fun facts:
- Sloths have an average lifespan of 30-40 years.
- Sloths are surprisingly good swimmers.
- Two-toed sloths have no tails, while three-toed sloths have a small tail.
- The two-toed sloth has six or seven vertebrae, while three-toed sloths have nine.
- Thanks to their long gray or brown hair, sloths use camouflage as main form of protection.
Comment by Andrew Geddis — October 6, 2010 @ 11:03 am
Brotherston doesn’t seem to be making much of an effort to sugarcoat this turd for TVNZ.
“We’re all racists, really” is a pretty piss poor strategy.
Is he honestly the best hack flack they could wheel out?
You’ve got to dazzle the rubes, Andy!
A televised rematch: Paul “Gypo” Henry vs Anand “the Guvnor” Satyanand, Key as the tittering Ring Girl.
The loser gets mauled to death by sloths.
Ratings Gold.
Comment by Gregor W — October 6, 2010 @ 11:56 am
“The loser gets mauled to death by sloths.”
the image of being mauled to death by slow-moving herbivores is one I will savour
Comment by kahikatea — October 6, 2010 @ 12:24 pm
Andi Brotherston’s partner is Martin Devlin.
If you’ve ever heard Devlin’s diarrhoea (think Paul Henry, minus the big words), you’ll understand why she has such low expectations.
Comment by sammy — October 6, 2010 @ 12:27 pm
According to Russell Brown, Andi Brotherston is also “…a former Maxim Institute intern, and PR for the Sensible Sentencing Trust…”
Lord, these people are like Free Masons.
Comment by Sanctuary — October 6, 2010 @ 12:32 pm
Andrew, is this a typical ‘Dimpost Sloth’ response to analogy… I left no room for abductive reasoning did I?
A group of the aforementioned taxanomic rank hardly deserves the exaggeration alluding to ALL sloth (plural)
The majority of Sloth, unlike Anteaters and the Dimpost type hang out, chilled, content, quietly swooning on the vegetation fermenting in their stomachs.
Comment by Lou Armitage - Shanks — October 6, 2010 @ 12:52 pm
“The majority of Sloth, unlike Anteaters and the Dimpost type hang out, chilled, content, quietly swooning on the vegetation fermenting in their stomachs.”
Too bloody right … Dimpost types race about, their stomachs filled with the red meat of their last kill, seeking new prey to savagely maul. Widely known as the ferrets of the blogosphere …
Comment by Andrew Geddis — October 6, 2010 @ 1:02 pm
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Comment by Gregor W — October 6, 2010 @ 1:04 pm
in as much as termination of this relationship pains me GREGORY (anti-nazi sentiments)& Dimpost Co. it seems inevitable… moss encrusted polecat thinking carnivores are not my prefered blogtypes, in truth though… I can no longer endure the odor of the stale urine in your matted hair…
May I suggest in future you utilise the facility my name implies…
Comment by Lou Armitage - Shanks — October 6, 2010 @ 2:50 pm
“the image of being mauled to death by slow-moving herbivores is one I will savour”
I guess I shouldn’t have said that when signing off under the name of a tree
Comment by kahikatea — October 6, 2010 @ 2:54 pm
“According to Russell Brown, Andi Brotherston is also “…a former Maxim Institute intern, and PR for the Sensible Sentencing Trust…”
Apparently also once a police comms officer and later a crime reporter for TV3: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sideswipe/news/article.cfm?c_id=702&objectid=10353846
Quite a CV there.
Comment by Sam Finnemore — October 6, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
“May I suggest in future you utilise the facility my name implies…”
P Forrester Jarvie, is that you??
Comment by Sam Finnemore — October 6, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
“May I suggest in future you utilise the facility my name implies…”
I’m assuming his real last name is I-Mac …
Comment by Andrew Geddis — October 6, 2010 @ 4:07 pm
“…Andrew, is this a typical ‘Dimpost Sloth’ response to analogy… I left no room for abductive reasoning did I?
A group of the aforementioned taxanomic rank hardly deserves the exaggeration alluding to ALL sloth (plural)
The majority of Sloth, unlike Anteaters and the Dimpost type hang out, chilled, content, quietly swooning on the vegetation fermenting in their stomachs…”
It’s English, Jim, but not as we know it.
Comment by Sanctuary — October 6, 2010 @ 5:39 pm
Elvis has left the building… leaving the girls to huddle together, straightening their blouses and clucking admiringly at eachothers ‘Venni Vetti Vecci’ penned on their fourheads…
“It’s English, Jim, but not as we know it.” english as a hogtied & buggered polititian which is no doubt in your glowing CV… Mr Sanitary – October 6, 2010 @ 5:39 pm
Comment by Lou Armitage - Shanks — October 6, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
Truly, James Joyce has met his match.
Comment by Sanctuary — October 6, 2010 @ 8:02 pm
“His mind bred vermin. His thoughts were lice born of the sweat of sloth.”
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Comment by Joe W — October 6, 2010 @ 8:15 pm
Looking out for a more typical Kiwi for gov.gen & perks. Have many productive candidates well suited but unfortunatley all heading for departure lounge Auckland International We have become a nation who treasures the paper pushers over & above those that create production. They wait in their lairs ready to fine us or for permission fees to do anything creative Hang on boarding call has come
Comment by adventurer — October 12, 2010 @ 1:04 pm