The Daily Blog Open Mic – Friday 19th August 2016
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Paul Henry will be reduced to only half an hour of airtime by Media Works:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/83375516/tv3-switcheroo–duncan-garner-and-paul-henry-swap-seats
Garner switches with Henry, to do TV3’s and Radio Live(ing Dead)’s breakfast show, while Henry will co-host stale ‘Story’.
But Garner is hardly any improvement given his known bias.
I listened to this on Nine to Noon on RNZ today, for a change Kathrin Ryan got a good interview going, and this is about stuff that should concern us all, it is a must listen to, as we may be living or working in high risk steel structures here in NZ:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201812813/fears-over-substandard-steel-imports
I was surprised TDB hadn’t got a post up on this yet, usually this site is one of the staunchest opponents against privitised prisons:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37124183
http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/a-blow-against-private-prison-industry.html
whoar..!..this could get ugly..
..but could also be fun to watch..
http://www.whoar.co.nz/2016/john-mcafee-declares-war-kim-dotcom/