He has not gotten any better, unfortunately. While interviewing Luvvie Ajayi (blogger and “professional trouble maker”) yesterday he approvingly quoted this stupid and typically unfunny comment about rape uttered by “the American comedian Bill Mayer”….
Bill Mayer? “American comedian Bill Mayer”? Of course, he was talking about the disgusting faux-liberal “comedian” Bill Maher. His guest pronounced the name properly as she subtly criticized Mulligan for quoting someone so lacking in credibility: “Bill Maher says a lot of problematic things…”
Earlier in the afternoon, Mulligan informed his audience: “I don’t know anything about twentieth century British history” but in order to learn something about it, “I’ve watched all of season 2 of The Royals over the summer.”
Here, by the way, is Bill Maher getting his ignorant and complacent assss handed to him on his own show…..
You seem to have something against Mulligan, In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza?? I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ? To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable. Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
Yes, as I have delineated carefully in the past, Jesse Mulligan lacks the basic knowledge to be a credible interviewer. That’s because he does not read enough.
In your post that you linked to you put him down for not having heard of close to home… He was 5 years old when that show finished so probably never watched it and unless his parents were huge fans why on earth would he ever read or hear about it as he grew up? It was a crappy Kiwi soap opera for goodness sake. I’m 48 and can remember the name but hadn’t read or heard squat about it since, until reading your comment.
He hadn’t heard of it because he hasn’t done enough serious reading about New Zealand culture in the 1980s.
Then you have a go at him about John Souza??
No, I had a go at him because he had not heard of John Philip Sousa.
I’ve never heard of the guy either and neither has anyone I’ve asked this afternoon and why would I ?
That indicates that you, and the people you asked this afternoon, have not done a lot of reading about the United States. Sousa is perhaps the most famous composer ever produced there.
To compare him to Mozart or Beethoven who are hugely famous is laughable.
John Philip Sousa is hugely famous too. He is the most well known, and probably the most performed, American composer of all time.
Knowing about an American march composer from the 19th century doesn’t mean you are well read, it just means you have read a bit about the exciting world of 19th century marching music, which probably doesn’t interest most people. Same goes for Close to Home but in the world of soap operas. You should get off your high horse as your criteria for smarts might be different to most other peoples…
I don’t expect Mulligan or anyone else to have an expert knowledge of Sousa, or of crappy 1970s soap operas. But he had not even heard of him—“some guy called John Philip Sousa”—which shows an abysmal lack of basic knowledge.
Which stupid and unfunny comment of Mayer’s [sic] in the first clip did Mulligan quote? Because I can’t find any comments from Mayer [sic] in that clip where he is trying to be funny about rape??
You can’t? Maher, a friend of Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein, is pouring scorn on the Me Too movement, comparing it to McCarthyism. Mulligan foolishly quoted something from that rant, “given to me by my producer”, which horrified his guest Luvvie Ajayi, who pointed out how dodgy Maher is.
Then you seem to be having a go at Mulligan about a joke he made earlier in the afternoon. Maybe he knows a whole heap about 20th century British history, how would you know either way, it was a joke FFS!
I take him at his word: he knows nothing about British history either. And watching a costume drama is not going to make him any more knowledgeable, unfortunately.
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe your views are the minority views?
Listening to radio should make you smarter. Listening to Jesse Mulligan, who knows bugger all about anything, that’s not going to happen.
If I didn’t know any better I might guess that you were pretty keen on Mr Mulligan…
I’ve praised him before for his quick wit, and his facility for punning. But he’s just not erudite enough to do the job that he’s doing now.
Jesse Mulligan, I’m sorry to say , is the next generation, as RNZ decided. it’s vastly irritating for us who know the difference between our body-parts ,But no more than the portentous comments of the recent previous. Many a sigh.
So very tiring for our (hard) educated crowd: we wish to discuss in our language.
As bad as Mora was, Mulligan is worse. It’s inconceivable that Mora would be so ignorant as to utter something as ignorant as “some guy called John Philip Sousa.”
Mora would, though, given his history of citing people like David Brooks and Thomas Friedman, have been stupid enough and callous enough to cite Bill Maher’s idiocy.
What’s happened to intelligent, well read, well informed broadcasters? People like Sharon Crosby, Ian Fraser, and Chris Laidlaw?
Puke- making moment of the morning was hearing loan shark Julie Trott trying to convince Natrad listeners that they were providing a ‘service’…rather than acting like scavengers tearing meat from the not yet dead…
“Fees: If you can’t find the info you need, just call us on 0800 232 788. The friendly team at Fast Track are ready to help!
Secured Loans Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75% p.a. Default interest rate 47.50% p.a. Establishment Fee $395.00 (New loan) Establishment Fee $300 (Existing loan) Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter Repossession Warning Notices $6.00, Dishonour Fee $10.00 Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00, Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears, Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00 Unsecured Loans Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75%p.a. Default interest rate 47.50% p.a. Establishment Fee $275.00 (New loan) Establishment Fee $200 (Existing loan) Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter Dishonour Fee $10.00 Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00, Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears, Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00”
Personally I blame the schools who are shoving more and more costs onto parents as each year goes by. Forcing parents to buy fancy laptops is an insiduous example.
They are providing a service. Wheel clampers and paua poachers do too.
If I was their marketing manager I’d be trying to get little promo card holders mounted on pokie machines and brochures into the waiting areas of WINZ offices.
Not a single politician, not one of the people that regulate our finance industry, none of those that get fat on these schemes, not a single one of them would take on one of these loans, they’d guffaw at the prospect. Every single one of them would advise against a friend or relative ever touching such a line of credit.
Something is amiss when owners wouldn’t touch their product with a barge pole, it stinks like tobacco.
We need to kick these legit Mafia operations to the curb.
Are you really surprised that RNZ National gave her this free platform? After all, they still interview Garth McVicar and his gruesome offsiders, usually introducing them as a “victim’s advocate.”
Weinstein’s obnoxious woman-hating pals yesterday.
RNZ National, Tuesday 23 Jan. 2018, 3:20 p.m.
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Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75% p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $395.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $300 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Repossession Warning Notices $6.00,
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00
Unsecured Loans
Annual rate of interest 34.75%-39.75%p.a.
Default interest rate 47.50% p.a.
Establishment Fee $275.00 (New loan)
Establishment Fee $200 (Existing loan)
Default Fee of $5.00 per week for missed payments, charged weekly until arrears paid in full
Default Reminder Letters $6.00 per letter
Dishonour Fee $10.00
Phone call $6.00, Making a payment by cash $5.00 per payment, Arrangement to pay arrears $20.00,
Repossession Notices $65.00, payable immediately with arrears,
Actual Costs against Repossession, payable immediately with arrears
Full prepayment (Settling the loan early) $75.00”