New Bloggers joining TDB
Paralympian Aine Kelly Costello
Artist and social commentator LaQuisha St Redfern
New Green MP and anti-TPPA campaigner – Barry Coates
Arts reviewer – Genevieve McClean
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NZ Herald/Fairfax merger and the burning of the public square
From Paul Henry in the morning to Mike Hosking at night with a merged right wing newspaper monopoly in the middle. An unbroken chorus of neoliberal mythology masquerading as successful fact.
We have become a one media state.
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We need a Housewives of Real Auckland
What’s uglier? The Spinoff fawning over their exclusive relationship with the Real Housewives of Auckland or the NZ Herald’s?
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Dear NZ Herald – The Syrian Golan Heights are NOT in Israel
A news item in the NZ Herald published yesterday (14 September 2016), reporting on a missile that landed in the Golan Heights, commented: “The incident was the fifth case since last week in which fighting in Syria has spilled over into Israel.”
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Cash for Copy site The Spinoff has another pointless Poll
The Daily Blog in conjunction with AUSA will be hosting and live streaming an ‘Anti-Debate’ where the candidates who have had no coverage by the mainstream can debate what Auckland needs.
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Jordan Williams vs Colin Craig Defamation Case Week 1
It was fascinating watching the media response and the social media response at the same time. The mainstream media ran huge headlines for the supposed sexts and juicy details, yet there were no similar headlines when it turned out that Williams hadn’t actually seen this sext message.
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2016 – The Year of Political Spin
Unfortunately the dildo collection of a rich woman on Real Housewives of Auckland can generate more media attention than a Government’s continuos manipulations.
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Dear Facebook
This image can NEVER be censored and it must NEVER be censored. We must always remember her nakedness when the drums for war begin to beat.
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Homelessness and the Professor Raymond Miller Fallacy
The homelessness inquiry led by Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party has given painful insight into the real legacy of poverty NZ has been left in under 8 years of National.
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Last Waatea 5th Estate for 2016 tonight – political wrap of 2016 + 2017 predictions
Willie and I came up with this project because we couldn’t believe the diabolical level of debate from Seven Sharp and Story. In our 7 months we have done more public interest broadcasting than Story and Seven Sharp combined.