tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post8085002780920800291..comments2024-03-28T00:33:53.397+13:00Comments on Local Bodies: Chris Trotter, Key Apologist AgainDave Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428353657153292616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-73620638481983143022014-05-23T17:36:43.578+12:002014-05-23T17:36:43.578+12:00It is frustrating. Hence my use of the adjective ...It is frustrating. Hence my use of the adjective "genuine." It would appear far too many otherwise promising journalists seem content to sacrifice integrity for some personal expedience, which constantly blur the line between opinion based on fact, and party political "public relations." It's all about manipulating the public instead of informing them, which is an insult to everybody's intelligence in my opinion, including theirs. Trotter's woeful attempt at putting Collins behavior down to her misty-eyed spousal infatuation was an absolute shocker. Even a politician wouldn't dare to run with that ... hence the need for the Trotters and Whaleoils of this world to do it for them. We have a media running amok with political pimps and prostitutes. Campbell Live should not be a lone voice. Journalists should be queuing up to uncover the truth on such vital matters. Where are they? Too busy campaigning.sizemikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01731420610040510315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-43991581401616587342014-05-23T15:48:53.654+12:002014-05-23T15:48:53.654+12:00Sizemik, what I find most difficult with Trotter i...Sizemik, what I find most difficult with Trotter is that he has written some well researched and insightful pieces and then comes up with stuff like this. He has also spent more time in recent years criticizing the left (both Labour and the Greens) and has been widely used by the right to further their own agendas. Frustrating.Dave Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428353657153292616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612441315352179822.post-47310686828736935532014-05-23T15:12:29.246+12:002014-05-23T15:12:29.246+12:00You can't be a political apologist and call yo...You can't be a political apologist and call yourself a journalist. Chris Trotter's dubious credibility gave it's dying cough a while back. He's just another dime-a-dozen blogger with a profile and flawed opinion, facilitated by the dearth of genuine skilled journalists in NZ.sizemikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01731420610040510315noreply@blogger.com