BREAKING: NZ closes its international borders
We should applaud her courage, this is an extraordinary decision made at a time of immense danger to the country.
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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Why the Pandemic is worse than you think it is & why we need to start preparing for that reality
I appreciate I’ve been a bit of an outlier on this pandemic and from the beginning was warning this had all the ingredients of a public health crisis and economic meltdown.
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This is what will crush Jacinda at the election
Bridges only hope is that the virus leaks into NZ and he can trace it back to a perceived incompetence that he can claim was a lack of leadership.
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Simon Bridges disgraces himself with appalling attack on beneficiaries in wake of pandemic relief
Someone needs to sit Simon down, pour him a really strong whiskey, let him have a couple of slugs, bitch slap him with your ring finger, and state in a very clear calm manner…
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How the Pandemic impacts the ballot box in September
7 months until the 2020 election and on the most recent polling, the next likely Government is National ACT.
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Maybe hiding free speech debate in secret is the smartest move for the Left?
The Government are woefully proceeding with the Free Speech vs Hate Speech legislation before the election and they are conducting it in secret with the Human Rights Commission…
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Dow crashes 3000 points – Capitalism’s Black Swans are coming home to roost
As TDB has pointed out from the beginning, this had all the ingredients of an uncontrollable pandemic that will deeply damage the economy and create a public health nightmare.
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Now the economic recession is upon us – who should Labour save?
This Government was founded in 2017 under the shadow of an expected market correction so the Government does have a blueprint as to what to do if the opportunity of a crisis presents, so who should Labour save now the recession is here?
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Jacinda finally gets it and steps up to protect NZ from pandemic
For the first time since the danger of this pandemic started to become glaringly apparent, I am feeling hopeful that this Government have urgently reset the safety parameters of this virus and are finally appreciating the enormity of what we are facing.
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1 year on from the obscenity of a white supremacy terror atrocity – the rage of grief
I had a list of things to do this week.
On top of that list was write a 1 year reflection blog on the March 15th white supremacy terror atrocity in Christchurch.
I put it off.
All week.