Open mike 29/01/2020
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Media
Daily review 28/01/2020
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How low will Bridges go?
Simon Bridges has wondered out loud if anti semitism stopped the Government from sending a senior representative to a Holocaust memorial in Israel.
Open mike 28/01/2020
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The Fourth Estate struggling in the social media world
Originally posted on Nick Kelly’s blog
Ahead of the 2020 General Election in New Zealand, Labour Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that her party is committed to run a factual election and has signed up to a social media tool to help prove it. The 2020 NZ election will be an interesting case study of whether in the social media age there can be honest political debate free of misinformation and manipulation of facts.
Steve Mnuchin, not Greta Thunberg, needs to go back to school
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has attacked Greta Thunberg for not understanding the economics of climate change. But he has then been roundly criticised by a number of people, including his wife.
Open mike 27/01/2020
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Constructive Criticism and Team Work In Politics
Team play is more important than ever in politics.
Open mike 26/01/2020
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Open mike 25/01/2020
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Daily review 24/01/2020
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Open mike 24/01/2020
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Daily review 23/01/2020
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Labour is signing up to Facebook transparency tool
Jacinda Ardern has announced that Labour will abide by Facebook Ad Library Report rules which allow voters to see where campaigning money is being spent on Facebook ads. And that it will have its major policies independently costed.
RIP Terry Jones
Sad overnight news with the death of Terry Jones being announced.
Open mike 23/01/2020
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Daily review 22/01/2020
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Trump impeachment trial – gold for comedians.
The hypocrisy of the defenders of Trump defenders in the US Senate is providing grist for comedians and satirists. Here are a few examples looking at Trump supporters in the US Senate.
Open mike 22/01/2020
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Daily review 21/01/2020
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The great political heist that wasn’t
National has hinted darkly that the theft of laptops from its headquarters was possibly motivated by political considerations even though it had been told of a similar burglary of a neighbouring office had also occurred recently.
Open mike 21/01/2020
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Daily review 20/01/2020
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Open mike 20/01/2020
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Federated Farmers launches petition against its business model
Federated Farmers has started a petition against an educational resource that teaches about climate change and activism because it does not present their industry in a sufficiently positive way.
Open mike 19/01/2020
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National created more working groups than Labour
The Herald has reported that National in its first two years of Government created *more* working groups than Labour.
Open mike 18/01/2020
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Open mike 17/01/2020
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Daily review 16/01/2020
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Open mike 16/01/2020
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Daily review 15/01/2020
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News Corp climate change denial attacked by (checks notes) James Murdoch …
News Corp has had a bad week in the media with many questioning its continued climate change denial and its support for politicians refusing to accept the reality of climate change. But the most surprising opposition has been expressed by Rupert Murdoch’s son and News Corp director James Murdoch.
Open mike 15/01/2020
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Daily review 14/01/2020
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Open mike 14/01/2020
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