I didn’t vote for Jacinda but can I say sorry on behalf of
Opinion – Jacinda Ardern was a great Prime Minister and her loss was actually ours.
Media
social media
Civil war wasn’t inevitable – but it may be
How misinformation and lies created the environment for battle in the US and elsewhere
The death of truth
The competing social media takes based on video that clearly shows that the shooting of Minnesota woman Renee Good was totally unjustified shows how dominant social discord is now considered to be more important than truth.
The Department of War
The United States Department of Defense has been renamed as the Department of War. Nobody can be under any illusions anymore. More war is coming.
“I did my own research”!
“I did my own research”!
“I did my own research”? No. You didn’t. You can’t!
Conduct unbecoming
David Seymour has been criticised for breaching the Cabinet Manual when posting Parliamentary Service funded social media attack ads against academic opponents to the Regulatory Standards Bill.
Rock and a hard place: the under 16 social media ban
Given the complexities and conflict over privacy, can MPs be trusted to design a good law?
Trump’s Secret Sauce Hits NZ
What is Trump’s secret sauce? And what parallels and lessons can we draw in Aotearoa New Zealand, before it’s too late?
But her emails
Recent events in the US involving the use of Signal to discuss top secret military news and accidentally including a reporter in the chat suggests that the US of A is currently resembling a dark satirical cross between Monty Python and The Thick of It.
The Australian under 16 social media ban
what did the Australians just do?
An Appeal To The Left: On Purity And The Media
The media landscape in Aotearoa NZ continues to weaken. In the same week TVNZ announced massive job cuts and further firings to come, Paul Goldsmith rewarded TVNZ Directors.
But can the left learn to avoid the trap of rapid fire – we need the journalists and newsrooms we have left.
Twitter and commenting on The Standard
“Something went wrong”
Sturgeon, like Ardern, a casualty of online abuse
Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation as Scotland’s First Minister was something of a replay of Jacinda Ardern’s resignation. While subject to widespread abuse, both were reluctant to cite this as their main reason for quitting. But the abuse undoubtedly played a major role. But the misogynist trend is endemic and needs to be quelled.