MEDIA WATCH: After the ‘unruly tourists’ story, the media have moved swiftly to the next big issue – tooting in a Wellington tunnel
If this is the fourth estate holding power to account, power is having a field day.
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GUEST BLOG: Gerard Otto – Stacey Kirk and the disinterested pursuit of the truth
Journalists should be interested in their pursuit of the truth here – not sweep this stuff aside.
National had successfully told the press to bugger off and talk about something else – like Karel Sroubek for five weeks.
Now Ross was guilty of bringing up the matters they thought they had artfully dodged.
None of this context was covered in Stacey’s article today.
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Andrea Vance lances the New Conservative pus of David Moffett
I am hoping that New Zealanders are smarter than this, but I also fear that a cultural backlash to the woke may propel the New Conservatives into a position of power.
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MEDIA WATCH: Gillette – the best a progressive can get?
I was personally pretty cynical towards the Gillette advert and wrote it off as corporate woke wash, but watching in disbelief at Roastbusters wanting to launch a music career this week forces me to put that cynicism aside and acknowledge the deep need for the message Gillette is pushing.
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Andrew Dickens kicks mourning father of 2 dead sons in the face – even for the NZ Herald this seems to be a new low point for journalism
Shame on ZB, shame on NZ Herald and shame on Dickens. Allow the father to grieve his dead children before you start pissing all over him for clickbait you spiteful sanctimonious arseholes.
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If the NZ Media have finished misidentifying annoying British tourists…
If we are finished misidentifying annoying British tourists as Irish and chasing them out of town for littering – the planet is melting…
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The ludicrous NZ Herald advert
…after being busted as a self censoring propaganda outlet for China, the advert should look like this…
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NZ Herald is exposed unwittingly peddling Chinese propaganda
How many times does the NZ Herald have to be caught promoting manipulative and secret interests before you write it off as a legitimate source?
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5 – Under the News Radar 2018 – The brutal occupation of Palestine, brutal Saudi fuelled civil war in Yemen & the magnitude of climate catastrophe
And finally the remaining news that went under the radar were your usual suspects, the brutal continuing occupation of Palestine (that no one can say anything about unless they want to be labelled anti-semitic) and the true magnitude of what climate change catastrophe will really do.
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4 – Under the News Radar 2018 – China tried to buy 2 MPs on National’s Party List
The fourth big news story that was missed in 2018 was finding out that a Chinese businessman attempted to buy two MPs on the National Party list.