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…
Media Watch
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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!
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A Tale For The Times
WHY IS “THE HANDMAID’S TALE” so bloody scary? The movie was bad enough, but the television series is so chilling I find it hard to watch. And what, exactly, is the raw nerve which the story is touching this (it’s third) time around?
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Toby Manhire learns to count
By trying to be respectable to the property owning electorate, Labour and the Greens have lost any credibility with those neoliberalism is failing which leaves the Greens and Labour with no other option than to allow Winston to dominate.
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Notice to all Posters
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