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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 37, No. 17. July 17, 1974
Positive criticism..
Positive criticism...
Dear Sir,
Criticism of the content of Salient by a few overly-vocal crapheads encourages me to write in support of your editorial policy as I see it.
Generally, my position is one of acceptance without comment of that which seems desirable and criticism of that which appears undesirable. I make an exception in this case because of my concern that these critics might just possibly succeed in influencing editorial policy.
Salient exists as one of the very few (perhaps two) NZ newspapers prepared to discuss and criticise national and international sociopolitical matters from a position of justice and principle, and I suggest these mindless and irresponsible critics are already sufficiently well served in this country and that their intellectual appetites and sense of social responsibility would be better satisfied by their following the programme which I have troubled myself to compile for them:
| 1) | Arrive at the pub as early as possible and drink as much as possible. |
| 2) | Leave early in the evening and purchase a copy of 'The Evening Post'. |
| 3) | Buy fish and chips on the way home, arriving in time to absorb the early evening TV commercials which provide enlightenment on correct living and social responsibility. |
| 4) | Read 'The Evening Post', paying particular attention to editorials, letter to the editor, articles by Gabriel David and cable page headlines. Lodge cartoons provide further enlightened social comment. |
| 5) | Spend the remainder of the evening in attentive listening to one of the talk-crap radio stations. |
Finally I would suggest that the content of Salient could mostly simply and easily be improved by their not writing letters to the editor
Pete Mackey