tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post731691144455311439..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Mags and newspapers take a hitPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-63676930320756468822009-08-26T10:31:15.610+12:002009-08-26T10:31:15.610+12:00For me the turn off is the Leftist slant of the pr...For me the turn off is the Leftist slant of the print media, especially the Herald and Dom Post. Their commentators and editorials are sickenly biased, they never seem to see the wood for the trees. Price is another factor, keeps going up and up. The blogs are much more entertaining and far more balanced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-18583911017178982452009-08-26T09:48:01.534+12:002009-08-26T09:48:01.534+12:00The Women's mags may have to do a back to the ...The Women's mags may have to do a back to the future and return to their focus on home-keeping issues.<br /><br />Like all products people need to feel they get something out of what you sell - and obviously all the 'celeb goss' stuff is starting to wear very very thin.Sean Fitzpatricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-52538338436723107462009-08-26T09:36:18.063+12:002009-08-26T09:36:18.063+12:00I think it may reflect the abysmal standard of jou...I think it may reflect the abysmal standard of journalism in New Zealand, too.<br /><br />Journalism in this country tends to be cynical, shallow and trivial; many people get sick of opening a magazine to read an Op-Ed on a topical issue only to be greeted with someone making a joke of what the reader considers an important subject.<br /><br />This is in contrast to the high standards in Australia, America and Britain.<br /><br />There is also the slight matter that journalism in NZ tends to be left wing; whereas in other Countries you get magazines and newspapers which cater to specific demographics in NZ it is all left wing of the 'Urban Liberal/Social Democratic' kind....and who wants to waste time paying for that?!?!Elijah Lineberryhttp://www.nightcitytrader.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com