Daily review 29/04/2019
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Media
Slushiegate
Simon Bridges has decided to attack Corrections management for installing slushie machines designed to help cool prison guards in full uniform and heavy stab proof vests on hot days.
Open mike 29/04/2019
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The Herald paywall
The Herald is getting ready this week to install a paywall.
Open mike 28/04/2019
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Should white supremacists be preferred over ISIS?
According to media sources in the United States Twitter won’t autoban white supremacists because too many GOP Politicians would be banned.
Open mike 27/04/2019
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Daily review 26/04/2019
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Splitters!
David Moffett, a Former board member of the New Conservative Party has announced the launch of a new new conservative party.
Regulating social media
Is it possible that the zeitgeist for global social media regulation is peaking at the right time, and the big tech giants will accede?
Open mike 26/04/2019
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Open mike 25/04/2019
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Daily review 24/04/2019
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Open mike 24/04/2019
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Open mike 23/04/2019
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Open mike 22/04/2019
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Confirmation bias
The internet neatly divides us into separate isolated tribes with polarised views of what are the issues and what is reality. How do we engage in a civilised discussion to educate each other and reach a consensus of what we should be doing?
Open mike 21/04/2019
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Open mike 20/04/2019
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The Mueller report
Robert Mueller’s report has now been released and questions are being asked at the benign spin that the White House has been allowed to engage in to describe it before its release.
Open mike 19/04/2019
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Daily review 18/04/2019
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Easter Miracle: JC Rises Again!
TVNZ have just announced a surprise return for NZ’s favourite sermoniser.
Open mike 18/04/2019
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Daily review 17/04/2019
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Open mike 17/04/2019
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Daily review 16/04/2019
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Caption contest
Keep it seemly.
Open mike 16/04/2019
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Daily review 15/04/2019
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Reflections on Free Speech and Public Discourse
Silencing dissonant voices only leads to more and stronger dissonant voices and further radicalisation.
Open mike 15/04/2019
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Open mike 14/04/2019
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Open mike 13/04/2019
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Daily review 12/04/2019
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Open mike 12/04/2019
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