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Open mike 02/06/2019
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Beware of Truth Sayers
Recently, before Budgetgate, I came across this piece with a promising title: Social media - bringing falsehoods to a screen near you. On the site’s front (landing) page, it was advertised as “Blurring facts and fantasy video OPINION: Fake news is everywhere - do your…
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How To Get There 2/6/19
This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…
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Bene bashing
The Government's proposals for welfare reform has National licking its lips thinking of ways to attack beneficiaries for political advantage. Simon Bridges kicked things off with this tweet: https://twitter.com/simonjbridges/status/1133949110027837440 It is funny but as pointed out by David McCormick on twitter the phrasing looks it…
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Open mike 01/06/2019
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