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…and they have the audacity to whine about fake news clickbait.
Media Watch
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What, wait, John Armstrong just said what?
So that very same John Armstrong who demanded Cunliffe resign over a bottle of wine that never existed months before the 2014 election is now months from the 2017 election writing Labour off again?
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TWITTER WATCH: Are the Greens taking the piss?
The Greens decision to back a part of the Budget they agreed with has given National ammunition to paint the Opposition as divided and it makes the Budget seem less awful. Bill English is already using this very tactic.
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Imagine if we had Journalists in NZ who had the courage and ability to do this
Imagine if NZ had a broadcaster with the talent and ability to do this. Imagine if the political lies could be shown up for what they are. Imagine the kind of media landscape and deeper debate we could have if we did.
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The future of journalism ‘Spinoff’ grovel to David Farrar & Jordan Williams
The Spin Blog has been referred to as the ‘future of journalism’ but what most don’t seem to understand about the Spin Blog is that it is a cash for copy site. You want a certain messaging and a certain spin, you pay the Spinoff money and they write it up for you and then present it as some sort of news.
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Lest we forget – Campbell Live killed off for political reasons 2 years ago this week
Campbell Live shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary Campbell Live, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the ratings on the AM Show and The Project
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Labour vs The Nation – learning a lesson from Corbyn’s recent poll jump
Huge Twitter eruption of elite journalistic privilege today over the decision by NZ Labour to dump appearing on The Nation.
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URGENT: The Daily Blog 2017 election contribution drive
Brothers and sisters, Comrades – if you want to support independent blogs so you have some critical media this election rather than the corporate crap we are usually fed, then we need your help.
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TWITTER WATCH: Bill English literally says ‘let them eat pie’ for Budget
…laughing it up about what Pie you will eat with your Finance Minister when there are a quarter of a million hungry children living in poverty and 1600 dying each year from the cold is pretty out of touch even for the National Party.
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Masturbation after a mugging – The Canon Media Awards 2017
Bless them all, but I don’t care about their yearly sound of one hand clapping orchestra where they pass around their awards amongst themselves like a never-ending pass the parcel for rich people who are all related and already have all the presents. It’s like a suburban Game of Thrones but with less violence and more incest.