Desperation from the Herald
Yesterday’s supposed scandal over an email exhange between Michael Cullen and a National Party activist was an absurd piece of political activism from […]
Media
More shoddy reporting from The Herald
Move over Mediawatch. Thesproutandthebean have outed more biased reporting in Granny Herald: the abysmal attempt at rationalising the retention of a monarchy in […]
Interesting times…
It seems the cats at newzblog have decided to bring our old mate Robinsod on board as a blogger and his first shot […]
With all the charm of Slough
Paul from The Fundy Post has done a rather humorous review of John Key’s holiday home in Success Court, Omaha Beach, as featured […]
New left-wing blog
While I’ve been away some regular left-leaning commenters here at The Standard and elsewhere have banded together to start NewZblog, a new Kiwi […]
What’s National cooking up for 2008?
Well, I saw my first Farrar billboard in the real two days ago and I gotta tell you I laughed. I was with […]
Bye bye Ed, you beauty
I won’t try and add anything much to the many, many words of tribute on this, the sad death of Sir Ed Hillary […]
Granny Herald (finally) outs Julian Robertson as National donor
In a front-page article about New Year’s honours focussing on expatriate Kiwi Owen Glenn’s contribution to the Labour Party, Auckland University, and numerous […]
Happy New Year
Cyber-Santa came a little late to The Standard this year but we’re certainly not complaining – evidently we’ve got a New Year’s present […]
The best of The Standard in 2007
As we contemplate a bad year in the polls for Labour, the signs are pointing to National cruising onto victory in 2008. Or […]
Christmas wishes
Well I didn’t get my pony but I hope everyone’s Christmas was as enjoyable as mine. I’m just finishing some peanut butter on […]
A New Year’s wish
As a kid growing up in the countryside I recall being startled by the realisation that there were people in the world who […]
The Hutch
One morning last week I stumbled upon TV3’s early morning Sunrise programme. It’s a bright and cheery little show providing an easier alternative […]
A photo finish
I have glimpsed the future. I know how Election 08 will play out. It will be a thriller, going down to the wire. […]
Political intermission
If like me you are thinking “why?” to the issue of attack billboards at the time of year when everyone just wants to […]
McCready facing 51 fraud charges
Yesterday NZPA reported that Graham McCready – the man who brought a private prosecution against Mallard over his fight with Tau Heare – […]
Huckabee’s subliminal Christmas message
CNN reports that Republican Mike Huckabee poked fun at critics who said a bookshelf in his new Christmas-themed ad that appeared to highlight […]
Billboard shambles
Here’s some coverage from TV1 last night on what’s looking more and more like a PR disaster for National, Farrar and their wealthy […]
Dom Post: “Kill the krill”
Not content to let the media moguls over at The Herald have all the campaigning fun, it was great to finally see The […]
DPF’s bloody good deal
There’s plenty of comment about Davey’s/National’s Billboards here and at Blogblog so I’ll not bore you with my analysis of these dreadful things. […]
CommitteeCaller.com
Here’s a cool idea. From the site: I’ve just finished building CommitteeCaller.com, a site that allows one person to target an entire congressional […]
Don’t panic
A few readers have written in complaining they’re getting a strange message in their browser when they visit the site. Turns out that […]
Turning attention inward: looking at the media
Some interesting observations from Steven Price on DomPost editor Tim Pankhurst’s keynote address at the Jeanz conference called “The Power of Print”. His […]
Memo to all National Party staffers:
Listen up guys and campers, there are some disturbing bits of info coming back from our ‘plants’ in the media world, including David […]
Nats ruin the party
Well I might be drawing a long bow there but last night’s press gallery party was the worst I’ve ever been to and […]
Herald censors criticism
From frogblog: The New Zealand Herald has censored part of a 200 word article that the Greens were asked to submit on campaign […]
Ever wonder why people call John Key “slippery”?
Here he is being interviewed by Paul Henry on Breakfast earlier today. Key tries to slip out of answering a direct question not […]
National’s spin doesn’t stack up
National’s attempt to spin its way out of John Key’s DVD debacle doesn’t stack up. Here’s the official line: National’s campaign manager Jo […]
Rules of the game
Just had a read of Colin Espiner’s latest opinion piece. He certainly doesn’t pull any punches. Here’s what he has to say about […]
A bird in the hand is worth two in the provinces
Fran O’Sullivan is not known as a critic of our pollies from the right. So imagine my surprise when catching up on my […]
Fox Attacks: Iran
This looks interesting. Fox Attacks: Iran is a new short film from Robert Greenwald, director of the excellent Outfoxed. The film focuses on […]
Blogwhistle
Never one to let the facts get in the way of a little party propaganda Farrar really has become the partyline-parrot. It’s a […]
Ramshackle PR fiasco
It’s a bit late, but a reader who was at yesterday’s anti-EFB march has mailed us through some pics from the rally. As […]
Just in: photo from David Farrar’s march
From Kiwiblog: Okay just got back from the march. Didn’t quite go as I envisioned. You see while I have promoted the march […]
Which was it David- anonymous donation or trust?
The Hysteria- with a capital H- over at Kiwiblog around the Electoral Finance Bill has been mystifying for many of us in blogland. […]
Miro: free, opensource video platform
Miro – a free, opensource video platform has recently been released. It’s a piece of software that allows you to download, manage, and […]