Herald front page highlights why we need a 5th estate
The fourth estate has obligations to hold the powerful to account, lazy journalism that jumps on social media for news doesn’t do that.
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TVNZ glam?
If TVNZ is ‘glam’ at the moment, I’d hate to see laundry day
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Poverty denial & legalised incest – Why Jamie Whyte’s column isn’t about plagiarism
Pointing our Whyte rehashed previous arguments is as petty as his own arguement – the issue is the poverty denial not his repetition of it
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North Korea bombing Auckland, TV3 bum & white racism: Is the holiday news worse than usual?
Is it just me or is the news these holidays far more crap than usual?
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All that is wrong with NZ media in just one Herald editorial
As far as the NZ Herald is concerned, it’s never been a better time to live in NZ…
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Tony Veitch fractured his partner’s spine in four places but still thinks he is the “victim”
In Aotearoa we don’t just give rich white men like Tony a “get out of free jail card” when they beat women over sustained periods of time and break their bones, we celebrate them.
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An open Letter to Sir Bob Jones: demanding a ‘liveable wage’ is not “absurd” it is a basic human right
How out of touch with reality is Sir Bob Jones? His last op-ed ‘Living Wage is a Reward Not a Right’ was so hilarious it reads almost like a parody, only it isn’t.
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A feminist takedown of Whale Oil
Whale Oil does it again. How many more times is he going to attack and discredit Tania Billingsley publicly? In a short blog published on Wednesday ‘Nothing to be sorry’ for Whale Oil also known as Cameron Slater, is defending John Key in his refusal to say sorry personally to Tania for his appalling handling of the Malaysian Diplomat case.
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This magazine cover doesn’t just redefine beauty standards, it shatters them
Pitt’s cover girl image on the front of a glossy magazine, usually reserved for ridiculing famous women’s bodies or idealising them, will challenge beauty standards, everywhere.