tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post2638188302180933021..comments2023-10-24T20:37:11.842+13:00Comments on The Probligo: Another holiday - another leak...The probligohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-1749496402401500352007-04-28T08:01:00.000+12:002007-04-28T08:01:00.000+12:00Leak - information comes from unauthorised source ...Leak - information comes from unauthorised source - like a bicycle courier or an office clerk.<BR/><BR/>Release or announcement - information comes from authoirsed source - like the Minister of Finance or Prime Minister or one of the other laggards and dishwashers.<BR/><BR/>Can you see the difference?<BR/><BR/>The Herald story was based around "rumour presented as fact", promoted largely by The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-7860985871695513992007-04-28T03:52:00.000+12:002007-04-28T03:52:00.000+12:00Certainly the timing of information releases and a...Certainly the timing of information releases and announcements (and 'leaks') for that matter, is typically thought about for maximum utility. Perhaps this is a new practice in New Zealand, in the U.S. it has been going on for longer then I am alive. <BR/><BR/>I still don't see how this is a 'leak' though, by any usual defintion of the term. A leak is an unauthorized release of information, Dave Justushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139807963654242625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-19377865407355338842007-04-27T10:06:00.000+12:002007-04-27T10:06:00.000+12:00Dave, there are two points here -The first kinda ...Dave, there are two points here -<BR/><BR/>The first kinda points in the direction of political manipulation of the news. Howso? If Auntie Helen wants to get something potentially "damaging" to her government out into the open then it "makes sense" to do it at a time when the media are either on holiday or preoccupied with other news. So, a holiday such as Anzac Day, or Easter, or The probligohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882103150181414348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6181862.post-44530155688351980432007-04-27T06:40:00.000+12:002007-04-27T06:40:00.000+12:00I don't get it, how is an 'announcement' a 'leak'?...I don't get it, how is an 'announcement' a 'leak'? Generally speaking, I don't think something can be both.Dave Justushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04139807963654242625noreply@blogger.com