Friday, September 30, 2022

When political journalism morphs into crude emotional blackmail

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Broadcaster Sean Plunket might have been taken aback to discover he was the subject of the second item on Newshub’s 6pm news bulletin a few ...
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Saturday, September 24, 2022

Who represents the greater threat to democracy right now - Action Zealandia or the Dominion Post?

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I see Stuff’s feverish witch-hunt for malignant local government election candidates has claimed a victim. The Dominion Post reports toda...
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Friday, September 23, 2022

The Mahuta saga: shameful not just for the government, but for the media too

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Five months after details began emerging online, the mainstream media were finally forced this week to report conflict of interest allegatio...
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A corrective to Rachel Stewart's fantasy

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Herewith, a postscript to my item a couple of days ago about Rachel Stewart. A friend who’s on Twitter (I’m not – God forbid) alerted me...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

On Rachel Stewart and freedom of speech

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I see that former  New Zealand Herald columnist Rachel Stewart is positioning herself as a champion of free speech. In a self-promoting c...
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Thursday, September 15, 2022

Ken Douglas: one of the last of the old school

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Tributes are being paid to Ken Douglas , who died on Wednesday* aged 86. I can’t claim to have known Douglas well, but I had a bit to do w...
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Why we should remain a constitutional monarchy, even with Charles on the throne

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Once the Queen is buried, there will be a renewed push to make New Zealand a republic with a president as head of state. Nothing is surer. ...
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