Comments on: A non denial

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:13:31 +0000

Anyone read Rod Vaughan’s take on the death of Greg King in today’s NBR?

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:19:53 +0000

RightNow: Or a whale?

By: RightNow

RightNow — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:57:31 +0000

It’s so quiet in here I heard a fish fart

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:50:50 +0000

Whaleoil: Surely you wouldn’t suppress a story because it might upset your racing mates?

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 07:54:07 +0000

Whaleoil: the story that involves Tea Leaves. Sorry to be cryptic but if you are sitting on it you will know what that means.

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:42:43 +0000

Whaleoil: So where’s that racing scandal story I mentioned earlier?

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:03:45 +0000

Mind, if Slater’s job was to revive Truth he’s doing a great job in his first few days. When opposition media start publishing your front page in their publications it’s brilliant marketing.

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:48:42 +0000

Ross69: The known facts do rather point to King facing something catastrophic. Otherwise why didn’t he do what he purportedly did earlier in the week? I think you’re being naive.

By: ross69

ross69 — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:55:35 +0000

El Jayel,

Maybe it didn’t impact on King because it was a non-story? There may have been many things going on his mind which caused him to do what he did. The most plausible explanation is usually the most banal.

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:40:03 +0000

Whaleoil: That’s better (today’s update). But how a story about legal aid could impact so profoundly upon Greg King beats me (so far anyway).

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:28:08 +0000

Either that or (if devoid of friends in Boulcott St) he has access to key logging malware. Wonders if anyone ever opened one of his attachments – not to be done if they come from Pullar or other Nat geek sneaks. A Kitchin stalker and no holds barred journalistic spy of sorts… ?… one must wonder given the phoenix like nature of the whale. I think he needs to distance himself from the story content for it must press buttons for him, his own prior struggles being well aired. Surely some legal issues may arise if Slater starts just lifting Dom weekend stories and getting the Truth out first. Crystal ball says job loss for big mouths or those tasked with computer security of Doms intellectual property. Oh to be a fly on the wall at Boulcott St.

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:15:28 +0000

Villagers: You should understand the mindset of journalists, especially when they obtain an exclusive story, a really big one. The story is all and its publication is paramount. Publish and be damned, yes. To have your story ‘pulled’ is the ultimate frustration. If the DomPost story did exist and it was pulled, you can be sure the journalist and his journo mates would have been up in arms about it. This would explain how Cameron Slater got hold of it in the first place; journalism is very clubby.

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:55:59 +0000

Ross69: Read his words carefully – he knows pretty well all the details of the DomPost story. I don’t have any doubt he has an inside ‘source’ at the DP.

By: ross69

ross69 — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:23:16 +0000

> Whaleoil: Seeing you know the details of the DomPost story, why don’t you publish it yourself in Truth?

Why do you assume he knows the details of a DomPost story which was never run?

By: mikenmild

mikenmild — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:44:06 +0000

It’s time for the large pelagic mammal to think about next week’s inventions.

By: El Jayel

El Jayel — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:28:34 +0000

Whaleoil: Seeing you know the details of the DomPost story, why don’t you publish it yourself in Truth?

By: ross69

ross69 — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:55:49 +0000

Another good article, this time about the Jimmy Savile scandal and the actions of Phillip Schofield. Whale Oil should read it lest he make a fool of himself like Schofield has.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/11/phillip-schofield-and-danger-treating-internet-rumours-news

By: questions

questions — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:47:57 +0000

“his large article published on Justice Hot Tub only got one comment”

Only because those idiots don’t know what to do when someone expresses and educated opinion.

By: Nostalgia-NZ

Nostalgia-NZ — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:40:26 +0000

El Jayel.

Now your ‘sensing’ things too much!
Maybe you could have a TV show called ‘Sensing Ghosts,’ or set up a company to find water using a ‘divining stick.’ I bet you picked the winner of the Melbourne Cup and you already have tonight’s winning lotto numbers.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:17:01 +0000

Rachett I see no reason it could not have been something small or false that as you say ‘put him over’ the edge. It’s called kindling effect. Like imagine if you had career fatigue or burnout plus a new troublesome illness requiring regular jabs and lifestyle change. Maybe you find out the illness is caused by say pancreas cancer for example with say 6 painful months to live, then with impeccably bad timing some twerp comes along with some rubbish story that will make those final months a cleaning up their shit exercise. It would seem to me that finishing it NOW is perhaps looking like a good rational option during a highly stressed moment.

None of this would be a journos fault, just an unfortunate confluence.

Alcohol is often involved in reducing inhibitions too with perfectionist type overachievers. Those who suicide often have a cognitive flaw in so far as they see some successes (if imperfect) as fails. King had put much effort into advocating management courts. Met with derision from the liberals, and his large article published on Justice Hot Tub only got one comment. Gutting mid life self appraisal + other stressors? Doctors have high suicide rates for similar reasons to the possible contributants rearing their heads here.