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By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:34:38 +0000

We don’t have a gender-neutral pronoun other than “it”: “one” won’t do in this context and sounds posh: and “he or she” would be awkward. Perhaps we need to introduce “s/he” as a new word.

He could have used “they”, I suppose. It is a “Code for Television Interviewers” after all. He could reword the first point slightly to: “Television interviewers must do their duty as journalists, probing for facts and opinions.” and it’s easy from there.

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Modernists lament, the fiesty interviewer « Life and Politics — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:54:41 +0000

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By: BE

BE — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:42:23 +0000

Paul Henry is sometimes incredibly good but most of the time he seems to want his own issues sorted to his satisfaction.

What you say about the interviewer actually getting in the way of the information is absolutely correct. Most fail to realise that there are three people in an interview – the interviewer, the interviewee and the viewer/listener. We are capable of coming to our own conclusions about the interviewee without having it all spelled out for us by the interviewer.

By: BE

BE — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:38:50 +0000

Say what you will about protocols when it comes to interviewing etiquette, but has there ever been a journo (”s/he”) able to demonstrate the wherewithal to wade through Winston Peters’ linguistic sludge?

Well said, Merv. Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose. (Can’t do the accents!)

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:11:52 +0000

Just as an aside the most commonly used gender neutral pronouns used these days (especially in the blogosphere) are Zie/Sie and Hir. Covers all bases, but I must admit, can sound a little funny before you get used to them :)

By: Merv

Merv — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:29:29 +0000

Say what you will about protocols when it comes to interviewing etiquette, but has there ever been a journo (“s/he”) able to demonstrate the
wherewithal to wade through Winston Peters’ linguistic sludge? Especially, now that he’s re-emerging to blight the political landscape once again.
Not only is this phoenix rising from the burning pyre (when we all thought he was truly cremated), but the flapping of the wings is sure to whip up a firestorm of red-hot embers, sending them straight into the face of many a hapless interviewer. Be afraid, be very afraid. (And hide that urn!).

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Sir Robin Day's “Code for Television Interviewers” @ Brian Edwards … — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:23:58 +0000

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By: David

David — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:36:45 +0000

Paul Henry is sometimes incredibly good but most of the time he seems to want his own issues sorted to his satisfaction.
Mary Wilson is absolutely apalling with some people and her biterness and desire to cut people in half is so uninformative sometimes one would like her medicated, real shame because there is nothing else on at that time.
Sean Plunkett is generally quite good.
What gets me is that you make the effort to be informed and the interviewer kills that opportunity.
As an aside Phil Goff can maintain a monotone of nothingness for 15 minutes without drawing breath which causes me to loose the will to live.