Urge Iran to Free Nazanin
I am writing this knowing full well that, one day, it might land me in an Iranian jail where Nazanin is at the moment.
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NZ Media – paying respects when they are due
I am often critical of the mainstream media and the Mike Hosking to Paul Henry wallpaper of right wing arseholishness that passes as news comment in NZ – but respects need to be paid where they are due because for all the genuine concerns about the decreasing quality of Fourth Estate Media, there has been some remarkable journalism recently.
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BREAKING – BLOGWATCH: Cameron Slater halts appeal in long running defamation case
Now his longest running court case, his defamation case against Matthew Blomfield, has stepped up a gear. After appealing every part of the process, Cameron has finally given up on his appeal process…
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More money for Scoop?
Yes Newspaper monopolies are something to fight against, but I still can’t see how Scoop is part of that future without serious adaptation.
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Al Nisbet can be just as transphobic as he is racist
The voice of small minded NZ, Al Nisbet, has managed to prove that he’s just as transphobic as he is racist with his latest ‘satire’ aimed at bashing the weakest in society…
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Did Police give Slater ‘mates rates’?
If explaining is losing, Slater is chewing off both sides of his mouth today as he publishes 10 000 word blogs trying to explain why he broke the law.
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Not since the poisoning of King Joffrey have so many cheered the end of Mark Weldon’s reign of terror
The citizens of a democracy need well funded public broadcasting with an ethos centred in the values of the fourth estate to be aware enough to cast a vote once every 3 years. Working out how we fund the next generation of journalists and journalism is vital.
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Blood, sweat and IPhones a review of `Cyber-proleteriat : global labour in the digital vortex` by Nick Dyer-Witheford
It is now evident that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are central to global capitalism.
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What the Housewives of Real Auckland would look like
Capitalism needs a huge ongoing propaganda campaign to succeed.
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The Entertainment section of the NZ Herald can’t imagine news without white people
NZ needs more reality TV the way a drunk driver needs acceleration