This week there has been some argy bargy between the Twitterati including the Waitakerati and the media on coverage of Covid in Aotearoa. Laura Walters at Spinoff posted this rather heavy dive analysis of criticism of Covid coverage by the media. Her introduction was fine. …
Even in a time of crisis, people have human rights that must be upheld. The government sets out its powers to control us in order to control the COVID19 outbreak in specific recent legislation, as well as in the 1956 Heath Act. But crises can…
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There was some activity on Twitter on Thursday night. A record of Chris Bishop saying that the job of the opposition was to gum up the works to stop Governments from governing was posted. https://twitter.com/rugbyintel/status/1430370295785811968 There were claims the comment was taken out of context…
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I have listened to 95bfm for many, many years. One part of their broadcasts that always brought a smile to my face was their reference to the ability to make complaints to the Broadcasting Standards Authority which was then followed by a very young Jeremy…
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For a country that has sought to form advantage for itself with strong and hard COVID-19 lockdowns, we’re not gaining any more advantage than yet another binge-purge cycle of supply tension and shortages, rapid economic downturn softened by tens of billions of subsidy, followed by…
Right now we are being inundated with bad Covid takes, particularly from the United Kingdom. Earlier in the week the Herald joined them all together into one story with the headline "Covid 19 coronavirus Delta outbreak: 'Fortress NZ strategy crumbling' - World reacts to latest…
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You probably won't see this in our local media, as our pundits today debate whether it is time to ditch our elimination strategy and Australia gives up on it. China is also well ahead on ensuring its vast population is vaccinated as well. The Hong…
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Some more bad news. Matt King, who was formerly the National MP for Northland until he was beaten by Labour's Willow Jean Prime, has been publicly posting anti vaccination propaganda under the ruse of only wanting a conversation. From Ben Leahy at the Herald: National…
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