Why are Fairfax pimping for climate deniers?
What the hell do Fairfax think they are doing by allowing a climate denial pimp like Doug Edmeades a platform?
Martyn Bradbury
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Duncan Grieve’s analysis of TVNZ vs Mediaworks seems a tad optimistic
The Spinoff’s Editor, Duncan Grieve, claims Mediaworks (the company giving him a TV show) have outfoxed TVNZ by coming back to air early with The Project and The AM Show and that this is somehow a brilliant game of Chess being played y Mediaworks.
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All the canaries in the minefield are dead – the looming economic correction
…people are going to want a State that will be prepared to step up to the challenge and lead rather than leave it to the free market.
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Calm down David Farrar – Hayley Holt was barely a candidate (and why John Campbell might leave RNZ)
Right wing spin dr and pollster to the failed National Party, David Farrar, is incredulous that former Green Party candidate Hayley Holt has been given the new presenting job on Breakfast…
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Glitterboobs, tinned tomatoes, racist menus and golliwogs – have we started the year off angry?
The wounds that so many are speaking from can’t be argued with, they need to heal first before they can listen and I don’t think there is going to be a lot of listening in 2018.
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So for 38 minutes the people of Hawaii knew what it felt like to live in Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen & other places US + allies bomb
…except for of course that the people we bomb in those countries don’t generally get a text alert that we are about to blow them up.
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Idea Upgrades for 2018
One of the things dear to Jim’s heart was the idea that the State should use its power to make good outcomes and not leave it to the free market. In that vein, here are some upgrades for 2018 that we should push from a progressive Government.
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National’s road lust petition campaign gives insight as to how they plan to attack new Government
Vested commercial interests + pretence of democratic participation + culture war values = National in Opposition.
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People you should follow on NZ Twitter in 2018
There are some amazing voices and opinion on Twitter that you should consider following in 2018 to enable yourself to have a more rounded view of current affairs and the human condition.
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Jim’s legacy – what can we learn from his vision now?
If we want to honour Jim, the new Government should immediately pass legislation to make dental care free for children and teenagers, if we want to see Jim’s vision survive, we must all demand the new Government lives up to its obligations and not subcontract them out to the free market.