MUST READ: The Great Displacement
Brenton Tarrant’s trial, including the searing testimonies of survivors, families and friends, received superficial coverage in the mainstream media.
Author: Prof. Wayne Hope
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Crisis, Disintegration and Hope: Where to for New Zealand’s News Media?
How many media analysts predicted this course of events? Twenty two months after Australian television network Nine Entertainment absorbs Fairfax…
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Matthew Hooton’s Selectivity
A good communicator and propagandist uses the pretence of reasoned argument to obscure their ulterior motives and manipulative persuasion techniques.
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Keeping Up Appearances: The verdict on John Key and the NZ Listener’s adoration of him
If the appearances of a leader are taken on trust by influential commentators and the general populace, then mythology will prevail. History will be fabricated rather than examined. The three widely propagated myths about John Key are; that he was not really ideological, he occupied the political centre and that he left no legacy.
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Bernie versus Wall Street
In Washington the finance lobby is more powerful than big Oil, big Pharma and Hollywood. In the Federal Reserve senior positions are occupied by alumini from Goldman Sachs and other major investment banks. And, Hilary Clinton, like her husband, is not going to upset these people.