Gerry Brownlee uses Orlando shooting to justify NZ troops in Iraq
“We’re not insulated from the sort of thing that we saw in Orlando.” – Gerry Brownlee, re NZ extension of troop deployment in Iraq
Deconstructing Headlines
Critical analysis breaking down New Zealand news coverage, media framing, and political narratives behind the headlines.
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All John Key is saying, is give war a chance
We sow the seeds of the next monster with every intervention. This is America’s mess, America cleans it up, we shouldn’t give them the pretence of support for their perverse sense of National Interest which always seems to end up being for Corporate benefit.
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Latest Roy Morgan Poll – National 43% – Labour/Green 42.5%
We report political polls like we report sports results in this country. The MoU forces the media to report on them as a block, this goes in the voters mind from Labour 28-National 49 to Labour-Green 42.5 to National 43. See the impact that makes?
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Homelessness in NZ is a civil emergency – send in the Army!
Nothing sums up the denial of our homelessness crisis quite like the panel on The Nation last weekend. Political Editor of the terribly elitist Spinoff blog Toby Manhire and some Rich Prick from the Rich Prick association sat next to Sue Bradford debating homelessness.
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The lies that National spun to sell 90 day right to sack
For them, it was all about enabling their privilege as employers, their right to sack anyone they like who doesn’t fit in, who is a bit too lippy, who isn’t a trembling broken frightened worker who will do everything they are told.
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Andrew Little + John Key declare war on Hone Harawira and MANA movement
The fear Hone has caused by just announcing he is back is a reminder of how terrified the establishment are that the poor could gain genuine political representation. It’s a reminder of just how damaged our current political system is.
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EXCLUSIVE: Panic inside National Party Backbenchers
Tip line is running hot with intense power struggles occurring behind the scenes within National.
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Property bubble, P houses, ghost houses, State Housing privatisation, unaffordable houses & the homeless
We are seeing a complete break down of our crucial social services. The spiteful harvest of National’s draconian welfare reforms are coming home to roost and NZers should feel ashamed of what it says about us as a country.
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PS – BTW the planet is melting
…our capacity to deny the realities of our environment and the social injustice the current status quo is creating is as bewildering as the mainstream media’s blindspot when it comes to discussing these pressing issues.
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Hone confirms – MANA Movement is back
Hone and Annette have confirmed on TV3’s excellent ‘The Hui’ this morning that they are fighting back to bring the MANA movement back into the 2017 election.