Is Tova O’Brien really a closet leftie?
Matthew Hooton has claimed that Tova O’Brien is an extreme left-wing, anti-National Party journalist intent in bringing Simon Bridges down. Hyperbole much?
Media
Open Mike 16/08/2018
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Daily Review 15/08/2018
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Memo from Crosby Textor – Simon Bridges limo expenses
The Standard has unearthed advice provided by Crosby Textor to the National Party concerning the leak of Simon Bridges’ travel information.
Open Mike 15/08/2018
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Daily Review 14/08/2018
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Racial bias in RNZ world reportage, or just giving people what they want?
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Is Radio NZ meeting its obligations to report the news of the world fairly or is it just once over lightly at the public broadcaster? Some thoughts from regular TS contributor Adrian Thornton.
Simon says it’s all Labour’s fault
Simon Bridges has kept the story about his over the top spending on limos and hotels alive by making contradictory statements and by suggesting without proof that the leak of the information is all Labour’s fault.
Open Mike 14/08/2018
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Daily Review 13/08/2018
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What should ACT’s new name be?
The authors at the Standard are proposing that readers suggest what ACT’s new name should be. Keep it seemly.
The end of ACT
With his proposal to reduce the effectiveness of Parliament David Seymour is clearly looking for relevance.
Open Mike 13/08/2018
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About freedom of speech
Simon Wilson in the Herald neatly skewers suggestions that Donald Brash is a free speech warrior and raises important issues about the interplay between free speech and attacks on “political correctness” also known as tolerance and respect.
Open Mike 12/08/2018
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Open Mike 11/08/2018
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Daily Review 10/08/2018
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Propaganda Wars.
No-one reading this blog would willfully offer support to an ideology that’s killing people, right?
Open Mike 10/08/2018
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Daily Review 09/08/2018
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Of course Judith should #DeleteTheTweet
The Project has called on Judith Collins to delete her tweet retweeting a link to a fake news story falsely claiming that France had legalised paedophilia at the behest of an international network of liberal activists determined to normalise paedophilia.
Open Mike 09/08/2018
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Daily Review 08/08/2018
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Open Mike 08/08/2018
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Daily Review 07/08/2018
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Let him speak
Don Brash should be allowed to speak at a University about politics.
Dan Bidois just wants to count cars
Rookie National MP Dan Bidois has chosen to get up early and count the number of cars using Northcote’s T3 traffic lane.
Open Mike 07/08/2018
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Daily Review 06/08/2018
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Is Judith Collins willing to denounce the use of fake news?
Judith Collins has tweeted news from a fake news website and demanded that Jacinda Ardern does something about something that has not actually happened.
The Pied Piper
If we’re living in a global village, is the name of the village Hamelin?
China and Google
Google is planning a launch of its eponymous spectacular search engine in which it allows censorship from the Chinese state. Some U.S. politicians […]
Open Mike 06/08/2018
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Open Mike 05/08/2018
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Oh! To be Human
I was in a foul mood last night after work having dragged my exhausted arse off to the Aotea Square in an exercise of my freedom of expression. Just in case we had to make our greedy Canadian bigot guests more unwelcome. It didn’t happen. So I went to Human circus and burlesque at the Q. Now that was really worth seeing.
Open Mike 04/08/2018
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