Caption contest
Keep it seemly.
Media
Open mike 04/12/2020
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Daily review 03/12/2020
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Open mike 03/12/2020
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Daily review 02/12/2020
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Open mike 02/12/2020
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Daily review 01/12/2020
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Open mike 01/12/2020
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Daily review 30/11/2020
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Stuff apologises for decades of racist reporting
In a headline I thought I would never read this morning Stuff has apologised for decades of racist reporting, and has in its own words “grappled with the truth that our journalism has often unfairly portrayed Maori, ranging from racist to blinkered”.
Open mike 30/11/2020
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A Bit About How (my) Moderation Works (at present)
An attempt to clarify some misconceptions and dispel some urban myths about (my) moderation.
Open mike 29/11/2020
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Open mike 28/11/2020
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Daily review 27/11/2020
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Media crisis may be most problematic
The government is simultaneously grappling with the Covid, economic and housing crises, but its failure to act urgently and boldly on the crisis in our Fourth Estate may have the most damaging longer-term effect. Bernard Hickey has lashed out at Broadcasting and Media Minister Kris Faafoi and Jacinda Ardern, for their fiddling-while-Rome-burns response to an industry in meltdown.
Open mike 27/11/2020
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Daily review 26/11/2020
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Open mike 26/11/2020
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Daily review 25/11/2020
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Open mike 25/11/2020
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Daily review 24/11/2020
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Open mike 24/11/2020
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Daily review 23/11/2020
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Georgian Republicans are part of the deep state threat to Trump
Over in the US of A some amazing claims are being made with Trump’a lawyer claiming that in Georgia, which has perfected the art of disenfranchising Black American voters, there has been a deep seated conspiracy to lose the state for Trump. And Venezuela is involved.
Open mike 23/11/2020
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Open mike 22/11/2020
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Open mike 21/11/2020
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Daily review 20/11/2020
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Open mike 20/11/2020
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Daily review 19/11/2020
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Open mike 19/11/2020
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Daily review 18/11/2020
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C’mon Grant
This government must demonstrate that it has the ability to lead the New Zealand economy where it has stated it wants it to go. It does not want more headlines like the average house in Auckland now being priced at $1 million.
Trump’s chances of winning the Presidential Election through legal action
To win the Presidential Election Donald Trump has to win multiple legal challenges in multiple states. So far his cases have not gone very well.
Open mike 18/11/2020
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