Why Mike Hosking’s claim that his pay is none of our business is false
Being on the State Broadcaster carries obligations to the taxpayers who have built that asset up, which means his salary should be transparent.
Media Watch
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Waatea News Column – The madness of deciding the fate of Maori electorates with a binding referendum
NZ First’s extraordinary claim that deciding the fate of the Maori electorates with a binding referendum is not only dog whistle politics at its worst, it’s also incredibly unfair and utterly unjust.
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MEDIAWATCH: Shane Jones on The AM Show threatens to nuke Northland – I’m not joking
This mornings offering managed to scrape a barrel lower than their normal standards by having Shane Jones as a guest. The Jonesy, the great waa waa of the North, the orator of Whangarei was on blowing hard on gangs boxing.
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TWITTER WATCH: Winston’s new twitter storm against Metiria has to be read to be believed
Grandad is on twitter again, this time Winston’s bizarre twitter storm against Metiria has to be read to be believed…
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“Let’s Get Together”: National’s Campaign Video Ticks All The Boxes
George Orwell argued that power is defined by the ability to inflict pain. It is, therefore, vital that those who wield decisive power in our society be insulated from the social pain that secures it. To preserve their dominance we, the vast majority of citizens, must be persuaded that the people in charge are just like us – ordinary, decent Kiwis. And that all will be well in our beloved country so long as enough ordinary, decent Kiwis “get together” – and vote for the National Party.
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GUEST BLOG: David Birrell – Responding to Spinoff’s 7 reasons left can’t win
Hi, wrote this in response to SpinOffs article talking about 7 things that will stop the left from winning. Thought it might raise some interesting points for some of your bloggers.
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GUEST BLOG: Robin Westenra – Radio NZ bias in reporting of Larsen C calving
Under its broadcasting standards Radio NZ is supposed to reflect both sides of the argument. It has totally failed to do this and has only reported one side of the argument providing the false impression that it is business-as-usual when it comes to the Antarctic. We are told that calving happens all the time, that this is “normal” – an in this regard I could hardly believe my ears when the Arctic was mentioned. This was not verging on but has crossed the line into climate change denial propaganda.
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Radio NZ journalistic standards vs NewsHub
Today our blogs and critical analysis of the Green Party kamikaze attack on NZ First led news headlines, but the way they were used says very different things about the news outlets who used them.
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Paddy Gower Watch: 2.2m kiwi workers won’t get 2 Big Mac combos worth of tax cuts each week – Western Civilisation to end
Here is Paddy Gower being Paddy Gower…
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Toni Street and Stuff’s claim she is suffering from everyday sexism
You could put Toni Street in front of the desk, alongside the desk or even under the bloody desk and I still wouldn’t watch Seven Sharp!