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Article: Power list speaks volumes about priorities, values of compilers
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- The Press
- Article date:
- January 5, 2009
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We can all sleep sounder now we know who are Canterbury's 50 most
influential people - the Power A-Listers or PALs.
These sorts of lists risk slipping into the category of junk
journalism. They are as much about who isn't on them as who is, and
say a lot about the priorities and values of the compilers.
We're constantly bombarded with lists of the most beautiful/sexy/
wealthy/well-dressed or whatever and I couldn't resist analysing our
homegrown movers and shakers.
These human earthquakes are almost all white, mostly male and
(judging from photos and biographical details) are in, or heading
towards the "older demographic". In fact, there's only one person
under 30.
Three-quarters are ...