Almost $20 million budget cut to RNZ is met with … near silence from Kiwis
Why public interest journalism matters
guardian
Joyce stands down as National struggles to find new leader *
* in Australia.
Skepticism cynicism lies and hypocrisy
There’s a very good / depressing long read in The Guardian on the dangerous “weaponising” of cynicism by climate change deniers. One of the most interesting sections was a discussion of the way that voters are more forgiving of lies than hypocrisy.
Daughter, my generation is squandering your birthright
Will our children think of the welfare state, the tiger and the rhino as part of a mythologised Arcadia?
Charlie Brooker’s school of news production
His formula appears to have been faithfully replicated here. Our only significant divergence is the recent inclusion of a live cross to the […]
Climate Change cowardice hurting NZ’s image abroad
One of the UK’s most influential newspapers, The Guardian, carries a stinging attack under the title New Zealand was a friend to Middle […]
Pwned
This just in from a reader… Constituent: [On Obama’s healthcare policy] “Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?” Barney Frank: “On what planet […]