TAME: A moment ago, you said that you ordered Lt. Kendrick to tell his men that Santiago wasn’t to be touched.
Just as we are seeing examples of the new Government’s teething problems in transitioning from Opposition into Government occur in real time, Bryce Edwards reports a massive win for Labour’s communications team…
…this is a huge power move by Labour.
At a time when their communications strategies are desperately falling apart, picking up two of the heavyweights of the Journalist world is a bloody smart move.
It follows NZ First poaching Jon Johansson as their chief of staff.
While this is a massive gain for the new Government, it’s also a sign that the secret reforms occurring within the mainstream media right now to outsource journalism to Newsroom, Interest.co.nz and even the bloody Spinoff  are all occurring over the holidays. Expect more ground breaking news like Dr Jarrod Gilbert having his car clamped to appear on the front pages of NZ Herald and Stuff.
A dumber media will become a more violent beast with less journalists and more ‘opinion’ leaders like Hosking and Yardley spitting their usual hate for the poor.
The new communications team will have a lot of work to do.
A desperation may be creeping through MSM with Barry Soper now requesting PM Ardern to “drop her guard” for heaven’s sake, and to be as silly as John Key, and tellingly, raising Key’s dopey antics as examples – not Key’s achievements – whatever they were. Soper may think that it’s the PM’s job to entertain journos, but begging for it is pathetic.
Yes Christine, there is so much bullshit being spread by the MSM all designed for National to jump all over it! But lets call it what it is, “made up shit” !
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11946728
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/99116538/tertiary-sector-in-limbo-over-free-fees
At least it is good to see Labour reversing early childhood education start dates but clearly also need to clean-up the dogs-breakfast that is National’s NCEA faux pa.
Personally I am pleased to see the Government bringing in the artillery to counter act the MSM spin.
Now they need to put new direction into the Public Service as well as the RNZB by appointing Lead positions sympathetic to the coalition aims.
We have an opposition in parliament, we do not need them seeded through government departments.
Vernon Grand Chess Master. I remember him from school as a cheerful teenager, double jointed and suffering migraine. Good luck Vernon, you are one journalist who hasn’t sold out to the Tories over the past nine years. Hoskng for Press Secretary to Nick Smith?. Check mate. .. Lol.
One abject failure of the Labour Party over the last decade is the lack of ability to recognize the power of a heavily-financed National Party spin machine, the near criminal strategy behind it which seemed to have kneecapping the opposition as the single goal, and the way some media could be so easily manipulated into consorting. Anyone who ever handled a media release in the name of Tony Ryall, Opposition National Spokesman on Police of the immediate pre-Key Government era without more than a little skepticism was really letting the whole media team down, and doing a disservice to the nation. The beefing-up of the Labour media team is a long time overdue.
Well, it is overdue that the government presents some comments and leadership, as we have major news like the following, today, but nobody say anything:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11947603
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/we-shocked-funding-slashed-pasifika-training-provider-prompting-job-loses-and-student-upheaval
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/344656/audit-reveals-extent-of-former-dhb-boss-travel-spend
I ask, do we have a government?
I am gobsmacked at the lack of leadership on this kind of stuff, have they decided to go away for the weekend, and do not wish to be disturbed? It is time to front foot issues, and to not stay silent on such serious and even scandalous developments, in NZ and in PNG on Manus Island.
Mmmm main stream media journalists are part of the problem!! Just because someone has a PHd and is a chess master doesn’t mean he sits outside the mainstream bullshit that is peddled all the time. Aren’t they part of the same team?
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