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.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
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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/