Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
When you consider the state housing meth hysteria, the abuse of power by the police, GCSB and SIS, the horrific manner the mentally ill are treated with, the abuse of prisoners etc etc etc, the public service want to limit any whistle blower protections as much as possible and it shows in their spineless recommendations.
…maybe we should, you know, get back to that whole China influencing our politics thing in light of new allegations that the Academic who is outing this assault on our democracy may have had her car sabotaged…
This is the time to be activist with your Ministries, what the hell was the point of going into Government as a Green Minister if it is merely to rubber stamp flawed free market regulations?
We should not be arresting cannabis reform documentary makers, surely we are going backwards here?
Some say this costs too much. It’s $36m compared to the $27million Key wasted on a flag vanity project, so I have no time for National Party toadies complaining the cost and I also find it jaw dropping hearing National Party supporters claim the money would be better spent on the poor and homeless…
Some will argue that only substance over style matter, but it’s difficult getting substance passed if people don’t have the vision of hope to disrupt our disposable fortitude to reach for that level of real change.
I wonder if we are beginning to see the possible first female leader of the UN.
There are enough reasons already to conclude this is a storm in a tea cup, but this latest fact starts making it look suspicious.
…I’m no fan of the cops but the medias attempt to manufacture another #MeToo villain here seemed to outweigh their journalistic curiosity as to who was actually leaking all of this to them, and more importantly, why?
This is a deeply concerning slide towards huge Police State powers with no ability to reign them in and not even a rational explanation as to why we should keep feeding them with more and more intrusive search and surveillance powers.
Who is the threat? Extremists or the Deep State?