Breakfast big mouth strikes again

[AnFaolchudubh]

Hone Harawira gets a free pass when he calls us white motherfuckers, and that seemed a little less tongue in cheek that anything Paul Henry has ever said.

Ahh but that was totally different.... apparantly

[nitpicker1]

Hone Harawira gets a free pass when he calls us white motherfuckers, and that seemed a little less tongue in cheek that anything Paul Henry has ever said.

he calls us white motherfuckers, and that seemed a little less tongue in cheek that anything Paul Henry has ever said.




hone (AKA John Hatfield) gives us yet another definition of the acronym JAFA = Just Another Ferkin Activist




Q:
Who laughs most and hardest at Paul Henry's jokes?


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PAUL HENRY

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

[ssweetpea]

It seems that Paul Henry's pronouciation of the name of Delhi's Cheif Minister, Shela Dikshit is causing international offence.

The problem is he pronounced as it is spelt.

Then burst out laughing and made fun of it.

A bit like our reaction to Australian Rove McManner's realisation of just what the correct pronouciation of whaka as in Whakapapa sounded like and wondering aloud on live TV just whether such a rude sounding word was permissable on NZ primetime TV.

Of course we highminded Kiwis know the difference between whaka and fucka even though they sound virtually the same.

Storm in a teacup? Probably. One just has to have a look in the phone book to find equally ridiculas looking names that are completely English in origin.

The issue of racism however is not so easily laid to rest.

[Im2Sexy4MyPants]

Paul Henry's Diky Ideas Have Got Him In A Heap Of Shit

[guest49]

It seems that Paul Henry's pronouciation of the name of Delhi's Cheif Minister, Shela Dikshit is causing international offence.

One wonders just how much offence would be taken if enterprising jounalists didnt contact officials in another country and select a query from the "journalsits list of stupid questions."  IE,  how does it make you feel?

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

Hone Harawira gets a free pass when he calls us white motherfuckers, and that seemed a little less tongue in cheek that anything Paul Henry has ever said.

Hone got suspended by his party (the Maori Party) for a longer period than Paul Henry has been suspended from TVNZ.

The only difference is that Hone continued to get paid, but the Maori Party don't have any control over that. The Speaker (who is a Nat) is the only person who can dock an MP's wages.

[Ferney]

He knew how to pronnounce Sheila Dikshits name but he deliberately mispronounced it.  What was worse imo was what he said about her after that.
I love comedy but PH would never make it.   
 

[Brownie55]

One Paul Henry is worth a thousand of his mean-spirited, lemon-mouthed, sanctimonious, abusive, arm-chair critics.

Yes, he made a mistake. Now can the useless, jealous and pitifully inadequate rabble that has had to wait so long for a chance to get their knickers in a self-righteous twist please crawl back into the woodwork?



The above is a comment on the tvnz site....says it all really!

[Ferney]

I thought you believed in freedom of speech Brownie 

Twas no mistake, he knows what he is going to say

mean spirited, lemon-mouthed, jealous and pitiful etc;  describes PH quite well.   

 

[Bruno Bastardo]

One Paul Henry is worth a thousand of his mean-spirited, lemon-mouthed, sanctimonious, abusive, arm-chair critics.

Yes, he made a mistake. Now can the useless, jealous and pitifully inadequate rabble that has had to wait so long for a chance to get their knickers in a self-righteous twist please crawl back into the woodwork?



The above is a comment on the tvnz site....says it all really!

He made a mistake? No. he didn't. He was told, for example, how a woman's name was pronounced and deliberately continued to mispronounce it. C'mon Brownie, that is not a mistake.

[Bruno Bastardo]

How many "mistakes"is he allowed? So far, working from memory, he has insulted Susan Boyle, a woman from Greenpeace, all women, Indians several times, Hispanics, the list just goes on and on.......

He has to go.

[Magoo]

This snowball is out of control.   Anyone else want to add how PH's statement has impacted on their life?   

Anyone want to have a guess why these two have made the front page?


http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/4215154/Paul-Henry-opponents-complain-of-abuse

Paul Henry opponents complain of abuse

Wellington students Narita Chandra and Niki Singh say Paul Henry's racial comments have stripped them of their national identity and led to a barrage of abuse on a website they set up to promote a protest they're holding on Monday.

The pair, who are law students at Victoria University, are organising a rally which will start outside Wellington railway station at noon and head to Parliament. They want Henry to be sacked.

"We are both first-generation Fijian Indians that were born in New Zealand and we both considered ourselves New Zealanders but, [after] his comments 'will the next governor-general look and sound like a New Zealander?', we feel that's basically stripped us of our national identity," Ms Chandra said.

"We are pretty offended and outraged by his comments and the response by John Key and Television New Zealand."

To drum up support for their rally, they set up a Facebook page publicising the event – which has since been bombarded with abusive messages.

"There have been times when me and my colleague have sat down and burst into tears. People have said: 'You should just go back to your country, Paul Henry is good'," Ms Chandra said.

"It's just been like, 'wow, I didn't think this was New Zealanders and this was their view'."

On Monday, the Breakfast host asked if Auckland-born Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand was "even a New Zealander", and whether his successor would "look and sound like a New Zealander".

TVNZ has suspended Henry for two weeks without pay.

[Brownie55]

 thought you believed in freedom of speech Brownie  


yep    and PH has the same rights as you I guess.   Untangle ya knickers and don't watch him if you don't like him...easy!

[Brownie55]

Paul Henry opponents complain of abuse

Wellington students Narita Chandra and Niki Singh say Paul Henry's racial comments have stripped them of their national identity and led to a barrage of abuse on a website they set up to promote a protest they're holding on Monday.



For gods sake   talk about attention seeking ...

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

Oh well....I guess the “80% lowest common demoninator” who worship Henry are going to end up suffering withdrawal symptoms when Paul Henry is sacked by TVNZ CEO Rick Ellis, eh? And I see even the Nats' Mr Fixit, Steven Joyce, is saying Paul Henry is a liability!  


Paul Henry's job future looking shaky

By CLAIRE TREVETT and YVONNE TAHANA - The New Zealand Herald | 5:30AM - Saturday, October 09, 2010


Paul Henry's comments have upset India's Government.
 — Photo: Greg Bowker.

TVNZ's chief executive will consider Paul Henry's future over the weekend as pressure mounts for the presenter to be axed.

The state broadcaster's head, Rick Ellis, last night suggested Henry's future was far from certain, despite his earlier stand that Henry's job was not on the line.

"I think that as the week has progressed and the complaints have continued to roll into the company, you've really got to reassess things each day and I'll be reflecting over the weekend and again on Monday as to where we go from here."

The bleak signal for Henry came after Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples said in an interview with current affairs show Marae Investigates that Henry should go.

The interview screens tomorrow at 10am on TV One.

Mr Sharples is the second senior minister to cast doubt over Henry's position as Breakfast co-host.

Earlier Communications Minister Steven Joyce suggested he was becoming a liability.

The criticism comes against a backdrop of intensifying diplomatic fallout in India where Henry's outburst has drawn strong reaction from the country's Government.

Asked if he thought Henry was racist, Mr Ellis said: "I'm not sure I'm going to answer that question because I don't want to be drawn into this whole debate about whether Paul Henry is racist or not.

"Certainly the comments that he's made have clearly been of a racist nature and they could only be interpreted that way ... as a person deep down I think he's a very decent human being."

The fallout from Henry's questioning of whether the Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand was "even a New Zealander" and whether the next governor-general would "look and sound like a New Zealander" has included hundreds of complaints to the broadcaster.

The issue has been compounded by Henry's earlier mockery of an Indian minister's name.

Senior TVNZ management have faced criticism about whether lax management of Henry led to the situation.

Mr Ellis said he had taken steps to tighten editorial guidelines.

"From time to time you do need to revisit the discipline around the implementation of editorial policies and that's what we're going to do."

Prime Minister John Key yesterday continued to dismiss Henry's mockery of an Indian minister's name as a joke which got out of hand.

New Zealand's High Commissioner in New Delhi, Rupert Holborow, has apologised for Paul Henry's "racist, insensitive, inappropriate and vulgar" mocking of Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's name after India summoned him to make a formal protest.

India's High Commissioner in New Zealand has also written to broadcasting minister Jonathan Coleman to protest about it.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully yesterday described Henry's comments as "gratuitous and insulting" when responding to the diplomatic action taken by India. Mr Coleman also said he was not surprised people found the comments "offensive and inappropriate".

Mr Key said he did not intend to make contact with the Indian Government, saying the High Commissioner's apology was in effect an apology from himself.

Labour leader Phil Goff said Mr Key could not afford to try to deflect the situation by downplaying it.

"He has to say this is totally unacceptable and offensive. We are right in the middle of trade negotiations with India."

Media in India have widely covered the issue, including reporting that Indian ministers boycotted a dinner with Sir Anand, who is in India.

YouTube clips of Henry's comments have been replayed by Indian television stations.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10679225

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

I thought you believed in freedom of speech Brownie 

Twas no mistake, he knows what he is going to say

mean spirited, lemon-mouthed, jealous and pitiful etc;  describes PH quite well.   

The following editorial comment published by the Otago Daily Times the other day summed things up perfectly.

I've already posted it in this thread, but I'll re-post it.

Note how they play a game of what it takes to be a REAL Kiwi and how the current GG beats Henry hands down!

Perhaps Paul Henry is jealous because the GG is more of a REAL Kiwi than he'll ever be (he, Henry, spent part of his life being a stuck-up pommy git instead of being a REAL Kiwi), so maybe that is why he made snide racist comments directed at the GG?

Read the editorial — it's a good 'un.


Editorial comment: What does it take to be a real Kiwi?

By Assitant Editor SIMON CUNLIFFE - Otago Daily Times | Wednesday, 06 October 2010



SUBJECT A WAS BORN in Auckland in 1944.

He attended Richmond Road School in Ponsonby, and Sacred Heart College in Glen Innes.

He graduated from Auckland University with a bachelor of laws degree in 1970 and worked at the Crown Solicitor's Office in Auckland, before being appointed a District Court judge in 1982.

He sat in Palmerston North, then various Auckland courts, before being appointed a Parliamentary Ombudsman in 1994, serving two five-year terms, before being elevated to one of the country's highest offices in 2006.

He was made a distinguished companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2006 and subsequently redesignated a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit — "Sir" to you and me.

SUBJECT B WAS ALSO BORN in Auckland, in 1960.

In 1971, at the age of 11, he moved with his mother to Bristol, in the United Kingdom, where he completed his education and won a drama school scholarship.

He began a career in broadcasting working for the BBC before eventually returning to New Zealand.

He was employed by a number of radio stations before setting up his own in 1991.

He moved on to numerous other roles on Radio Pacific and Radio Live and ran unsuccessfully as a National Party candidate in the Wairarapa electorate, won by transsexual Labour MP Georgina Beyer.

He now hosts a high-profile national breakfast television show and has won notoriety for several incidents in which he has belittled public figures.

ON THE ABOVE evidence — admittedly not complete — which of our subjects is more entitled to consider himself a real "New Zealander"? Neither, is the correct answer, for they are both equally entitled to call themselves Kiwis.

But if one had to choose, if one had to weigh up competing claims, it might be thought Subject A could have the edge.

On what basis?

Longevity, for starters: he's lived here longer.

Uninterrupted residence? Public service? Contribution to society?

It's an academic exercise, but not according to Subject B, who this week clearly insinuated in the presence of the Prime Minister, John Key, that Subject A's credentials as a New Zealander were questionable.

ON MONDAY MORNING, on state broadcaster TV One's Breakfast programme, host Paul Henry Hopes, more commonly known as Paul Henry, asked Mr Key of Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand, "Is he even a New Zealander?"

Mr Henry, revealing the underlying thrust of his question, continued: "Are you going to choose a New Zealander [as Governor-General] who looks and sounds like a New Zealander this time ... Are we going to go for someone who is more like a New Zealander this time?"

For Paul Henry, the colour of Sir Anand Satyanand's skin, his ethnicity and voice inflections, single him out as not a real New Zealander.

It is hard to describe this as anything other than racism.

And into this matey, blokes-like-us conspiracy of insinuation, Mr Henry invited Mr Key.

Not normally short of a word, nor presence of mind, on the occasion Mr Key's deserted him and it was not until later in the day that he saw fit to contradict or condemn his erstwhile host.

Mr Henry subsequently issued the standard meaningless and unfelt apology for any "offence caused", then again, as the fallout began to settle in, more sincerely — apparently.

Belatedly, yesterday, a day after the event and having at first tried to defend its broadcaster's actions, TVNZ suspended Mr Henry without pay until October 18 — a period of a little less than two weeks.

Mr Henry has many skills as a broadcaster.

He is intelligent, sharp, with a distinctive and playful wit.

He is, for instance, especially good at shafting the shibboleths of humourless political correctness: that which should not be spoken, he takes a certain pride in speaking.

That is fine, as far as it goes, welcome even, and refreshing.

But Mr Henry would also enlist us all — using as his platform the offices of the "public broadcaster", TV One — into his particular world view, political, cultural, social.

Beneath the jokey mien runs a vein of mean-spirited prejudice: whether it is facial hair on female studio guests, the "retarded" appearance of Susan Boyle, the unnaturalness of homosexuals, or expressing the view that to be a real New Zealander you have to be white-skinned, like himself and Mr Key, and talk just like it.

Behind it all seems to be the idea that "difference" is to be singled out and mocked.

And after the mockery ..? What then?

The calumnies of history tell us that is a dangerous path to traverse.

Initially, a TVNZ spokesman defended Mr Henry on the basis the audience consistently says they like the host precisely because "he's prepared to say things we quietly think but are scared to say out loud".

This is as indefensible as Mr Henry's original remarks.

First, that the public broadcaster apparently sees fit to ascribe to all New Zealanders complicity in Mr Henry's racist sentiments is insulting and offensive; second, it shows yet again that ultimately TV One aspires to no higher standards than those of a ratings-craving populism — a brand of broadcasting inexorably bound for the gutter.

http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/130031/what-does-it-take-be-real-kiwi

[Ferney]

......telling me to untwist my knickers, just make me laugh more.   

[Brownie55]

......telling me to untwist my knickers, just make me laugh more.   

Well that is good ferney.   
good for you.....   Glad you can still laugh as you were beginning to sound like an old prude.

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

Big client reviews its TVNZ advertising after Henry slur

By MARTIN KAY - The Dominion Post | 5:00AM - Friday, 08 October 2010

A MAJOR SUPERMARKET CHAIN has revealed it reviewed its advertising with TVNZ after Breakfast host Paul Henry's ethnic slur against Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand.

Progressive Enterprises, which owns Countdown, Woolworths and Foodtown, said it took exception to Henry's comments that Sir Anand, who was born and raised in Auckland, did not look or sound like a New Zealander.

"Along with many other New Zealanders, we felt offended by Paul Henry's comments about what it is to be a New Zealander," a Progressive spokeswoman said.

"We note that TVNZ has disciplined Paul Henry by taking him off air, and in the meantime advertising will continue. We will be closely monitoring this issue and the placement of our advertising on behalf of our customers, our staff and our suppliers."

The statement suggests Progressive could pull any advertising scheduled for future Breakfast slots if Henry makes similar racially charged comments again.

It is the first indication TVNZ could be hit financially if Henry causes the same level of offence and complaints generated by the Sir Anand slur.

In 2003, TVNZ lost a $1 million contract after Mitsubishi Motors pulled its sponsorship of the Holmes programme after host Paul Holmes' "cheeky darkie" jibe about Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary-general at the time. Holmes had made the comments on his Newstalk ZB radio show.

The Progressive statement came as TVNZ brushed off calls for a boycott of Breakfast advertisers unless Henry was sacked.

A TVNZ spokeswoman said no advertisers had raised concerns with the company. "We've had no adverse reaction from either advertisers or sponsors. No-one has expressed unease."

Auckland Regional Migrant Services acting executive director Lawton Hakaraia urged viewers who were upset by the comments to write to Breakfast advertisers and threaten to withdraw their custom unless Henry was sacked.

"TVNZ must take full responsibility for what has happened and investigate and address the comments made by Henry, to ensure that such bigoted, ethnocentric remarks have no place on state-funded television."

Sir Anand is the patron of Arms, a non-profit organisation which assists about 6000 migrants a year across Auckland.

Henry was suspended without pay for two weeks on Tuesday after TVNZ chief executive Rick Ellis ruled the comments about Sir Anand were unacceptable. Mr Ellis has indicated there will be no further disciplinary action.

Senior TVNZ staffer Andi Brotherston offered her resignation for initially defending Henry's remarks, saying they were part of his well-liked style of saying what other people were thinking. The resignation offer was declined, but she apologised for the "horrendous error of judgment" in an email to staff.

Breakfast is looking for a main sponsor after Heritage Hotels withdrew about two months ago. Heritage chief operating officer Jeff Shearer said it withdrew for commercial reasons, not because of concerns about Henry.

TVNZ has received more than 600 complaints about the Sir Anand comments, more than 200 of which have so far been accepted as formal allegations of broadcasting standards breaches.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/4209516/Big-client-reviews-its-TVNZ-advertising-after-Henry-slur

[beaker]

Paul Henry opponents complain of abuse

Wellington students Narita Chandra and Niki Singh say Paul Henry's racial comments have stripped them of their national identity and led to a barrage of abuse on a website they set up to promote a protest they're holding on Monday.



For gods sake   talk about attention seeking ...

Couldn't agree with you more.  A protest is to complain against something that you don't like.... of course you're going to be harrassed by those that don't agree with you... hence why it's called a protest.

[Calliope]

I have only watched Paul Henry once - not on Breakfast, but on the episode of Intrepid Journeys which screened some time ago. I assumed the purpose of the Intrepid Journey series was to inform us about the people being visited but henry chose instead to mock their culture and the people themselves. I found it offensive and have never watched him since.
While admitting that many people may find his style of broadcasting amusing - and I don't doubt he can be amusing - his constant need to belittle others who are of a different colour, culture or gender leaves me completely cold.

[Kiwithrottlejockey]

I await with baited breath for all those “80% lowest common demoninator” folks who think the sun shines out of Paul Henry's arse to cut off their noses to spite their faces (all in the interests of showing they have principles) and refuse to purchase their groceries from any supermarket owned by Progressive (Countdown, Woolworths and Progressive) seeing as that company is reviewing it's advertising with TVNZ because of Paul Henry being a dickhead! 

[Magoo]

I await with baited breath for all those “80% lowest common demoninator” folks who think the sun shines out of Paul Henry's arse to cut off their noses to spite their faces (all in the interests of showing they have principles) and refuse to purchase their groceries from any supermarket owned by Progressive (Countdown, Woolworths and Progressive) seeing as that company is reviewing it's advertising with TVNZ because of Paul Henry being a dickhead! 

Did you faint?

[guest49]

I have only watched Paul Henry once - not on Breakfast, but on the episode of Intrepid Journeys which screened some time ago. I assumed the purpose of the Intrepid Journey series was to inform us about the people being visited but henry chose instead to mock their culture and the people themselves. I found it offensive and have never watched him since.
While admitting that many people may find his style of broadcasting amusing - and I don't doubt he can be amusing - his constant need to belittle others who are of a different colour, culture or gender leaves me completely cold.

I never watched that program - doesnt interest me, but I do know that when he was in one of the african countries, Uganda I think, one of the local guides was killed while assisting him.  I dont know that I ever heard the fine details, but Henry has financially supported the bereaved family and ensured the kids got schooling, even though there was not the slightest obligation to do so, and he has never made a big thing out of it. 
Now, all the Henry-Haters can please themselves, but as previously mentioned, I have time for the man, and such acts dont lower his standing in my mind anyway.